Family name origins & meanings
- Czech : nickname from Czech kulich ‘little owl’.
- Altered spelling of German Kühlich, a derivative of a Germanic personal name formed with a cognate of Old Norse kollir ‘helmet’.
- Respelling of German Küllich, a topographic name for someone living near a dung pit, cesspool, or stagnant water, Middle High German hülwe, hü(e)l.