Kugel Family History
Kugel Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a rotund person from Middle High German kugel(e) German Kugel ‘ball orb’. The term also denoted a hooded cloak or round-topped mountain and in some cases the surname may have arisen from either of these senses. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Yiddish kugl a term denoting various kinds of pudding.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022