Golik Family History
Golik Name Meaning
Polish and Croatian; Czech (Golík): nickname from Polish goły Czech dialect golý and Croatian gol ‘naked hairless’ in Polish also ‘penniless’ (compare Golec ). The homonymous Sorbian cognate Gólik is found in Germanized forms only (see Gulich ). Jewish (from Ukraine): nickname from Russian golik ‘beggar ragamuffin’. Compare Polish name above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022