Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chúille
‘son of the servant of (Saint) Mochúille’, a rare Clare name, or a
reduced form of McCooley, a variant of McCauley.
Americanized form of German Kuhle or Kühle,
variants of Kuhl.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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