Is Gerten a German last name?

Gerte means "crop" (riding crop) in German. Gerten would be plural for "crops".

Is Gerten a German last name?
This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,


Gersten Name Meaning and History


German: habitational name from a place near Lingen in East Friesland named Gersten.


German: variant of Gerst.


Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name or metonymic occupational name from German Gersten 鈥榖arley鈥?(see 2).


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Reply:It's very German and common to a tiny little town south of Toledo Ohio even today. Famous family in the area.
Reply:Gerten





1. German: patronymic from the personal name Gert(h), a short form of Gerhardt.


2. Possibly a respelling of English Girton.
Reply:Sounds like it.
Reply:It's most likely German, but it could also be a shortened form of Gertenaar, a surname from the Netherlands. You would need to research your specific family in order to find its true origins.