Given name & surname · also German
Gottschalk
“god”·“servant”
Gottschalk is a surname from German, ultimately from Danish. It is used in English and German.
Original GermanGötschi
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gottschalk is built from elements meaning “god” and “servant”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Gottschalk comes from German, and ultimately from Danish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gottschalk’s family of names
In German usage, Gottschalk shares a linguistic root with the Dutch form Godschalk. In German usage, Gottschalk has a related form in Godescalc. In German usage, Gottschalk as a surname has a related form in GOSCH.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gottschalk has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.
23 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 22
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Götschivariant · German
- Gutschkervariant · German
- Gutschkevariant · German
- Gutschevariant · German
- Gutschalkvariant · German
- Gottschlingvariant · German
- Gottschlichvariant · German
- Gottschaltvariant · German
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- Gottschallervariant · German
- Gottschallvariant · German
- Gottschalksonvariant · German
- Gottschalgvariant · German
- Gottschaldtvariant · German
- Gottschaldvariant · German
- Gottschalckvariant · German
- Gottschalchvariant · German
- Gotschalkvariant · German
- Gösekevariant · German
- Göschevariant · German
- Göschvariant · German
- Goschvariant · German
- Godescalcvariant · German, French
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Gottschalk
- Gottschalk of OrbaisGerman theologian805–868
- Gottschalkprince of the Obotrite confederacy1000–1066
- Gottschalk of AachenMonk and hymn writer1100–1108
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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