Gates

A topographic name for someone who lived by the gates of a medieval walled town.

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪts/
• Homophones: gaits, gates

Gates

1. A surname​.
2. A rural community in British Columbia, Canada.
3. An unincorporated community in Nebraska.
4. A town in New York.
5. An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
6. A city in Oregon.
7. A town in Tennessee.

• Gates County
• Gatesville

• Hanks, Patrick (2003), “Gates”, in Patrick Hanks, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press

• Geats, Stage, agest, e-tags, geats, getas, stage