English: nickname from Middle English gode ‘good’ +
saule, soule ‘soul’.Probably also an
Americanized form of German Gutseel or Gutsell; like 1,
these are a nickname for a kindly person (literally ‘good
soul’). Alternatively, it could be a reduced Americanized form of
south German Gutgsell, a nickname or journeyman’s name, from
gut ‘good’ + Gesell(e) ‘fellow’, ‘journeyman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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