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| Pronunciation | German pronunciation: [køːl] French pronunciation: [kœl] |
|---|---|
| Language | German language |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Standard German: Kuehl |
| Meaning | "Cool"; "cold" |
| Region of origin | Alsace, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Swabia, Switzerland |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Köhl (Francisation: Kœhl) |
Koehl, also transliterated Köhl, is a German surname.
According to one etymology, in the southern Germanosphere, it constitutes an Upper German umlaut variant of the Standard German epithetic surname Kuehl. Thus derived from a byname of the word kuehl, meaning "cool"; "cold".[1][2]
| Language | German language |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Lower German: Kohl |
| Meaning | Cabbage |
| Region of origin | Northern Germany |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Köhl |
According to another etymology, in the northern Germanosphere, it constitutes a Lower German umlaut variant of the Standard German surname Kohl. Thus derived from the word kohl, meaning cabbage, presumably an agricultural occupational name.[3]
People
[edit]- Albert Koehl (born 1959), Canadian lawyer and writer
- Albert Köhl (1879–1954), German-Swedish chef de cuisine
- Dan Koehl (born 1959), French-Swedish elephant trainer
- Ditmar Koel (1500–1563), German politician
- Émile Koehl (1921–2013), French politician
- Georg Köhl (1910–1944), German football player
- Hermann Köhl (1888–1938), German aviator
- Laurent Koehl (born 1971), French tenor
- M. A. R. Koehl (born 1948), American marine biologist and Professor at University of California, Berkeley
- Matt Koehl (1935–2014), leader of the American Nazi Party
- Keith Koehl, American Catholic prelate
- Robert B. Koehl, American archaeologist
- Robert Lewis Koehl (1922–2015), U.S. Army Intelligence surveyor, and Professor Emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Wade Koehl (born 1984), American football player
Other
[edit]- Koehl Lab, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ https://www.igenea.com/en/surnames/k/kuhle-1
- ↑ https://www.wisdomlib.org/names/kuehl
- ↑ Duden Familiennamen, Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2, S. 389
- ↑ "Koehl Lab - UC Berkeley".