Surname · also French
Gooley
“descendant of Gabhlach”
Gooley is a surname from French, ultimately from Irish.
Original FrenchGoulet
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gooley goes back to Irish Ó Gabhlaigh, meaning “descendant of Gabhlach.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Gooley comes from French, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Gooley as a surname developed from GOULET.
Gooley’s family of names
In English usage, Gooley as a surname developed from the French form GOULET.
The ring: across languages.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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