The wahl Surname
wahl Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German Walhe, Walch ‘foreigner from a Romance country’, hence a nickname for someone from Italy or France, etc. This surname is also established in Sweden.
- North German: from the personal name Wole, a short form of Wol(d)er (see Wahler).
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Val, from Old Norse vaðill ‘ford’, ‘shallows’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| UPDATE: Jacob WAHL/Margaretha GERBER (GER>NY>Jackson Co. MI) | Sheila W. | 5 |
| Christian Wahl | Ron Wall | 4 |
| Christian Wahl, son of Lorentz | Cathy D.Wahl | 6 |
| Friedrich Wahl - South Dakota | Ed Wahl | 15 |
| Josephine Wahl | Jerry Hurley | 7 |
| looking for Wahl family tree | Elizabeth Ann (Wahl) Marin | 2 |
| we have 4 Wahl's to about 1799 |
 bojangles2_1
| 2 |
| Wahl's in Watertown, WI |
KShever
| 2 |
| My Family History | Bill Wahl | 14 |
| George Wahl |
KayShever
| 21 |
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