Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (also Kösel) : habitational name from places named Kosel, in eastern Germany and Schleswig-Holstein.
  • German : variant of Kusel 1, a nickname meaning ‘spinning top’.
  • Eastern German (of Slavic origin) : from a Slavic word meaning ‘he-goat’, e.g. Polish dialect kozieł. Compare Koziol

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