Gatt (surname)
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Gatt is a surname of Scottish as well as Southeast German origin,[1][2][3] which can also be found in Malta.[4]
In Bavarian speaking areas of Germany and Austria the name may derive from the Middle High German word gate (cf. German Gatte: husband, male spouse) for "companion", whereas in Scotland a derivation from the surname Gault or the Middle English gate meaning road, thoroughfare or passage, referring to a family's residence near a main road, is possible.[2] As a Maltese surname it may be derived from the Italian ″gatto″ (engl.: cat) or the female given name Agata.[4]
Notable people with the name Gatt include:
- Austin Gatt (born 1953), Maltese politician
- Clifford Gatt Baldacchino (born 1988), Maltese international footballer
- Jade Gatt (born 1978), Australian actor
- Joseph Gatt (born 1974), English actor
- Josephine Gatt Ciancio (born 1946), Maltese social scientist
- Joshua Gatt (born 1991), American soccer player
- Juri Gatt (born 2001), Austrian luger
- Martin Gatt (born 1937), British classical bassoonist
