English: habitational name from Gaultney in Rushton,
Northamptonshire, probably so named from Old Norse goltr
‘boar’ + Old Danish klint ‘steep cliff or bank’ with the later
addition of Middle English heye ‘enclosure’. The surname is not
found in the U.K. In the U.S., it is concentrated in GA. Compare
Gautney. adm; 1881, UK 0.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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