Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Meaning & History
Habitational name from Gowdall in East Yorkshire, named from Old English golde "marigold" and Old English halh "nook, recess".
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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage English
Meaning & History
From Middle English gode "good" and ale "ale, malt liquor", hence a metonymic occupational name for a brewer or an innkeeper.