Koehl

Koehl, also transliterated Köhl, is an Upper German surname constituting a metaphonic variant of the Standard German surname Kohl, derived from the cognate word kohl, meaning cabbage. It tends to originate as an occupational name for a cultivator or merchant of the crops.[1]

Koehl
Cabbage harvest illustration,
Tacuinum Sanitatis (15th century).
PronunciationGerman pronunciation: [køːl]
French pronunciation: [kœl]
Language(s)Upper German
Origin
Language(s)Middle High German: kōl, kœl, kœle
Old High German: kōlo
Latin: caulis ("stalk", "stem")
Word/nameStandard German: Kohl
MeaningCabbage
Region of originAlsace, Bavaria, Swabia, Switzerland
Other names
Alternative spellingKöhl
(Francisation: Kœhl)
Cognate(s)Kohl

People

  • 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
  • Matthias Koehl (1935–2014), American U.S. Marine, and political activist
  • 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

References

  1. Duden Familiennamen, Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2, S. 389
  2. "Koehl Lab - UC Berkeley".
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