The kale Surname
kale Name Meaning and History
- Dutch: nickname from kaal ‘bald’.
- English: habitational name from the villages of East and West Keal in Lincolnshire, which are named from Old Norse kjolr ‘ridge’.
- Perhaps an altered spelling of German Köhl (see Kohl).
- Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as two syllables: Hindu descriptive nickname from Sanskrit kala ‘black’, found among Brahmans, Marathas, and other communities. The Konkanasth Brahmans have a clan called Kale.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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