Kogel Family History
Kogel Name Meaning
North German (also Kögel): metonymic occupational name for a maker of hooded cloaks or cowls from Middle Low German kogel ‘hood’ (from Late Latin cuculla). South German (also Austria) (also Kögel): topographic name from the dialect word kogel ‘mountain top’ or a habitational name from a place called with this word. German (Kögel): Bavarian variant of Kegel . Compare Koegel .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022