The buhl Surname
buhl Name Meaning and History
- nickname for a male relative (i.e. a member of an important family who was not the head of it), from Middle High German buole ‘kinsman’ (Old High German buolo, also used as a personal name).
- nickname for a lover or the (illegitimate) child of a lover, from the same word in the later sense ‘paramour’, ‘lover’, ‘mistress’.
- respelling of Buehl.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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