Gelling Family History
Gelling Name Meaning
Manx: from Gaelic Ó Gealáin ‘desendant of Gealán’ a personal name derived from a diminutive of Gaelic geal Manx gial ‘bright’. Dutch: habitational name from a farm named Gelling (in Sleen in the province of Drenthe) referring to a certain Gelle and his kin. The Frisian personal name Gelle is a variant of Jelle a vernacular short form of an ancient Germanic name composed with the element gelt ‘sacrifice repay’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022