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Surname Etymology and Meaning of COLGATE

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English: habitational name from Colgate in Sussex or Colgates in Kent, which are named with Old English col ‘charcoal’ + geat ‘gate’, indicating a gate leading into woodland where charcoal was burned.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)