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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech : nickname from Czech kulich ‘little owl’.
  • Altered spelling of German Kühlich, a derivative of a Germanic personal name formed with a cognate of Old Norse kollir ‘helmet’.
  • Respelling of German Küllich, a topographic name for someone living near a dung pit, cesspool, or stagnant water, Middle High German hülwe, hü(e)l.

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