Can anybody tell me where the name GATTEN originated? What ethnicity?

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Can anybody tell me where the name GATTEN originated? What ethnicity?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: gatten

Variant spelling of English Gatton.

Gatton

English: habitational name for someone from a place in Surrey so named, from Old English gat ??goat?? + tun ??enclosure??.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4