Kohl (surname)

Not to be confused with Kohler.

Kohl

Cabbage harvest illustration,
Tacuinum Sanitatis (15th century).

Pronunciation| German pronunciation: [koːl]
Language(s)| German language
Origin
Language(s)| Middle High German: kōl, kœl, kœle
Old High German: kōlo
Latin: caulis ("stalk", "stem")
Word/name| Kohl
Meaning| Cabbage
Region of origin| Germanosphere sprachraum
Other names
Variant form(s)| Upper German: Koehl/Köhl

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Kohl is a German surname derived from the word kohl, meaning cabbage. It tends to originate as an occupational name for a merchant or cultivator of the crops.[1]

Cabbage was most likely domesticated somewhere in Europe in Ancient history before 1000 BC. Cabbage in the cuisine has been documented since Antiquity.[2] It was described as a table luxury in the Roman Empire.[3] By the Middle Ages, cabbage had become a prominent part of European cuisine, as indicated by manuscript illuminations.[4] New variates were introduced from the Renaissance on, mostly by Germanic-speaking peoples.

## Notable people with the surname

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* Astrid Kohl (born 1968), German businesswoman, interior designer, and wife of Prince Alexander of Liechtenstein
* Bernhard Kohl (born 1982), Austrian professional cyclist
* Christiane Kohl, German soprano
* Christoph Kohl (born 1900), German chemist and industrial leader
* Christoph Kohl (architect) (1961–2025), Italian-German architect and urban planner
* Franz Friedrich Kohl (1851–1924), Austrian entomologist
* Hannelore Kohl (1933–2001), wife of Helmut Kohl
* Helmut Kohl (1930–2017), Chancellor of Germany 1982–1998
* Herb Kohl (1935–2023), United States Senator
* Herbert R. Kohl (born 1937), United States writer
* Jeanne Kohl-Welles (born 1942), American politician
* Jerome Kohl (1946–2020), American musicologist
* Joseph Kohl (1831–1917), third mayor of Neutral Moresnet
* Ludwig Kohl-Larsen (1884–1969), a German physician, amateur anthropologist, and explorer
* Peter Kohl (born 1965), German businessman and author
* Peter Kohl (scientist), German physiologist
* Sheryl Davis Kohl (born 1962), American politician
* Sisca Kohl (born 2002), Indonesian internet celebrity

## See also

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* Kohler
* All pages with titles containing Kohl

## References

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1. ^ Duden Familiennamen, Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2, S. 389
2. ^ A brief historical sketch is in Toussaint-Samat, pp. 622ff.
3. ^ The Natural History of Pompeii. Cambridge University Press. 2002. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-521-80054-9
4. ^ Ingram, Christine (2000). The Cook's Guide to Vegetables. Hermes House. pp. 64–66. ISBN 978-1-84038-842-8.

Surname list

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Surnames associated with the occupations of farmer/ploughman/peasant etc.

Germanic|

* Farmer, Plowman, Cotter, Cotterill, Bond, Huber, Hübner
* Bauer, Ackerman, Baumann, Ackermann, Bumann, Buhmann, Pachter, Hüfner
* Hoffman, Hoffmann, Hofmann, Hofman, Huffman, Hofmans
* Boer (De Boer), Ploog, Neubauer, Neubert, Neugebauer, Viertel, Wiedemann
* Bonde, Farman

Semitic|

* Fellah
* Bartholomew

Slavic|

* Kmet
* Pluzhnikov
* Pluznyk/Pluzhnik
* Sedlák
* Sedláček
* Rolnik
* Láník

Other|

* Arājs (Latvian)
* Campagnaro, Massaro (Romance)
* Georgios (Greek)
* Rolnikas (Lithuanian)

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