variant of Game.from Anglo-Norman French
gambon ‘ham’, a diminutive of gambe, Norman-Picard form
of Old French jambe ‘leg’ (Late Latin gamba), hence
probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the legs or
gait.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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