Kikel Family History
Kikel Name Meaning
Americanized form of Slovenian Kikelj: nickname or metonymic occupational name from dialect kikel(j) ‘shirt’ itself from Middle High German kit(t)el (see Kittel ). The surname in the form Kikel is found in Slovenia too where it in most cases represents a name of different origin (see 2 below); it may also be of Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) origin (see 4 below). Slovenian: nickname from dialect kikel(j) ‘prong of an antler’ also ‘lush tuft of hair’. Compare Kickel South German: nickname from Middle High German gi(e)gel ‘fool’ or perhaps a variant of Geigel . German: either an altered form of Gögl (compare Gogel ) or of some other South German name (see 3 above) or of the same ultimately German origin as the Slovenian surname Kikelj (see 1 above). This is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare Kickel
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
