Tölpel

Etymology
From a merger of dialectal tolp (with variants; of unknown, probably onomatopoetic, origin) and, itself dissimilated from , from , from. Both of these words meant “rude, gruff person”, and dörper/dörpel particularly “uncultured, unrefined person”. The name of the bird is due to its apparently clumsy movements.

Noun

 * 1) someone who acts in a clumsy or awkward way (physically or socially)
 * 2) idiot, fool, dolt
 * 3) gannet a sea bird