Mrs. Mads Tonnessen Galde was born in 1545, in Norway. She had at least 1 daughter with Mads Tonnessen Galde.
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1545– Male
1545– Female
1560–1626 Female
German: perhaps a nickname from an ancient Germanic personal name, Gaddo, reflected in the Middle High German word gate ‘companion’, which later came to mean ‘husband’.
Swedish: variant of Gadd ‘sting’.
Indian: from the name of a subcaste of the Kamma caste, of unexplained etymology. It originates from the Vijayawda region in Andhra Pradesh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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