Gate: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Gate is one more way Gates has been written over the centuries. Name scholars give the meaning as “Dweller by the gates”.

Gate drops the “s” of Gates, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Gaites.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Gate, so the heraldry linked to Gates is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Gate family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.