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I found four meanings of it, all of them suggesting that Gehl is German:
1. from the short form of an old personal name formed with Middle High German geil ‘voluptuous’, ‘mischievous’, ‘rich’.
2. from an Old Frisian personal name formed with a cognate of Old High German modal ‘ancestral estate’, ‘home country’.
3. nickname for someone with blond hair or a pale complexion, from Middle Low German, Middle High German gel ‘yellow’, ‘blond’.
4. in eastern Germany, from a much altered short form of the personal name Daniel.