German: from a personal name composed of the elements god, got ‘god’ + lob ‘praise’. This was one of the German personal names that became popular in the 17th and 18th centuries with the rise of the Pietist movement.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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