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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High German goller, koller ‘neck cover’, ‘sleeveless vest’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such garments.
  • German : habitational name for someone from Gollern or Gollau, both in Lower Saxony.

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