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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Eastern German : nickname from a Slavic word meaning ‘bald’. Compare Polish goły.
  • Eastern German : habitational name from any of the places called Gollau, in Lower Saxony, East Prussia, and Bavaria.
  • Indian (Andhra Pradesh) : Hindu name meaning ‘herdsman’ in Telugu.

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