German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a happy
person or someone who liked to sing, or a metonymic occupational name
for a bird catcher, from Middle High German, Middle Low German
vogel ‘bird’. JXE This name is found throughout central
Europe, not only in German-speaking lands.Jewish (Ashkenazic):
from the Yiddish female personal name Foygl, cognate with 1
above.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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