Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in
Rogaland named Vagle, from the dative singular of Old Norse
vagl ‘perch’, ‘roost’, with reference to a high ridge between
two lakes.
Indian (Maharashtra, Goa); pronounced as
wah-glay: Hindu (Brahman) name found among Saraswat
Brahmans. It appears to be derived from Marathi and Konkani
wagu?l ‘bat’ (Sanskrit valgula).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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