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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Gaweł) : from a personal name (Latin Gallus) which was widespread in Europe during the Middle Ages (see Gall 2).
  • German : from a pet form of a Germanic personal name formed with gawi ‘country’, ‘fertile region’. Compare Gau.

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