Gogol
gogol
From English googol.
gogol m (plural gogols)
From mongol.
gogol m, f (plural gogols)
From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Гоголь (Hóhol’). The surname is from Ukrainian гоголь (hóhól’, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolĭ.
Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian гогаль (hóhal’), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogol’), Polish gogol.