Given name & surname · also Russian
Gogol
“common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”
Gogol is a surname from Russian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English and Polish.
Original RussianГоголь
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gogol goes back to Ukrainian го́голь, meaning “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Gogol comes from Russian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Russian Го́голь, from Ukrainian Го́голь, from Ukrainian го́голь (“common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”), from Proto-Slavic *gogolь.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gogol’s family of names
In English usage, Gogol as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Serbo-Croatian form Gogolj. In English usage, Gogol as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Slovak form Gogoľ. In Polish usage, Gogol as a surname has a related form in Gogół.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gogol has relatives in 20 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
20 related names in 20 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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