Gohl Family History
Gohl Name Meaning
German (also Göhl): nickname for someone with a cheerful disposition from a shortened form of Middle High German gogel ‘lively boisterous’. Swiss German: probably a nickname for a loud person from Middle High German goln ‘to howl’. East German (of Slavic origin; also Göhl): topographic name from a Germanized form of Lower Sorbian góla or Polish gola ‘bare heathland place without trees’ (see Gola ) or a habitational name from a place called with this word. Germanized form (Göhl) of Sorbian Góły Polish Goły ‘bald’ (see Golly ) and of their shortened form Goł. Compare Goehl
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022