Kovel Family History
Kovel Name Meaning
Jewish (from Eastern Europe): occupational name from Yiddish kovel ‘smith’ (compare Koval ). Jewish (from Eastern Europe): habitational name for someone from the city of Kovel (Ukraine). Jewish (American): shortened form of any name beginning with Kovel- such as Kovelman (related to 1 above formed with Yiddish suffix man ‘man’) or Kovelsky (related to 2 above formed with the Slavic suffix -sky denoting inhabitants). In some cases possibly also Dutch (De Kovel): from Middle Dutch covel ‘hood’ a nickname for someone wearing a specific hood or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn with a picture of a hood on it.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022