Last name origins & meanings:
- Dutch (van de Gaar): habitational name for someone from
De Gader, an area of Hasselt in northeastern Belgium.
- Dutch: variant of van de Geer, a topographic name for someone living
by a piece of land that tapered to a point.
- German: in Austria a
nickname for a person who was ready and willing (to do a task), from
Middle High German gar ‘ready’, ‘prepared’.
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