Golec Family History
Golec Name Meaning
Polish: nickname from golec from goły ‘naked’ also ‘penniless’ in various possible senses: it could denote a naked or hairless (bald or clean-shaven) man and also someone penniless totally destitute a naked wretch. Croatian and Slovenian: nickname from Croatian dialect and Slovenian golec ‘the beardless one’ from gol ‘beardless’ (also ‘naked’) or a topographic name for someone who lived on a treeless ground derived from gol ‘treeless’. As a nickname it may also have the meaning ‘poor man’ (compare above and Golik ). Compare Goltz .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022