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Re: What does my last name mean?!
German (also Köhl): from Middle High German kôl, köl ‘cabbage’, ‘cabbage head’ (ultimately from Latin caulis ‘stalk’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cabbages.
from the Germanic personal name Kolo.

(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
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My name is Kelsey Funk and i want to know what Funk my last name mean and where it comes from. Is it German?
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German: nickname for a blacksmith, or for a small and lively or irritable individual, from Middle High German vunke ‘spark’.

(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
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