Last name: GINGER

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All you have to know about the last name GINGER

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GINGER : This last name is indexed 13,155 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

GINGER : 1: German: habitational name for someone from Gingen or Giengen in Württemberg.2: English (southern): from Middle English gingivere gyngure gingere ‘ginger’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in spices or possibly a nickname for someone with reddish hair or a fiery temperament.

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