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Guess Family History

Recorded in many forsm as shown below, this surname is of Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) and Norman-French pre 10th century origins. It derives from the personal name word "Gazo or Wazo", a development of wado, meaning "to go". Originally it was a baptismal name of some popularity, and this is confirmed by the number of later surnames which are believed to include Wais, Waison, Way, Wayson, Gaish, Gaison, Gass, Gasson, Gauze, Gaze, Geys, Guess and Guise, although it is possible that at least the latter two spellings originate from the town of Guise in France. The name is recorded as "Gazo" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and later surname recordings include John Gace of Hampshire in the year 1230 , John Gasce in the London Pipe Rolls of the same date...