Last name GOULE: origin and meaning

Goule : from Middle English gul ‘yellow’ (Old Scandinavian gulr ‘yellow pale wan’ or gull ‘gold’).from Middle English goule ‘gullet; greed’ (Old French goule).from Middle English goule (regional modern English gool) ‘watercourse channel’ or from a place named with this word such as Goole (ER Yorks).

Source : FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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