Updated June 9, 2019

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as two syllables : Hindu (Brahman) name found among Konkanasth Brahmans, probably from Sanskrit gola ‘globe’.
  • Slovenian : nickname or topographic name from the adjective gol ‘hairless’, ‘naked’, or ‘bare’, ‘treeless’. Compare Golia, Golec.
  • Slovenian : derivative of the medieval male personal name Gal, Latin Gallus. Compare Gale 5.