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Updated January 30, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Kozioł) : from kozioł ‘billy goat’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a goat, in particular a pert or devil-may-care fellow.

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