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Surname Etymology and Meaning of GANNAWAY

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English: habitational name from Janaways, the Middle English name for someone from the seaport of Genoa in Italy. This was taken as a plural, but is in fact an English spelling of the Old French adjectival form, Genoveis, Italian Genovese ‘Genoese’ (see Genovese).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)