Gula Family History
Gula Name Meaning
Polish Rusyn (from Poland) and Ukrainian: descriptive nickname for someone with a prominent bump or wart Polish gula Ukrainian gulya. Compare Hula Polish: nickname for a reveler from a derivative of the dialect verb gulać ‘to make merry’. Slovak (also Guľa): from guľa ‘ball’ probably applied as a nickname for a rotund person. Compare Kula Hungarian: variant of Gulya a metonymic occupational name for a herdsman from gulya ‘cattle’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022