Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Kayasth) name, from
Sanskrit pala ‘protector’, ‘keeper’, ‘guard’, ‘herdsman’
(compare gopala ‘cowherd’), an epithet of the god Krishna
and a common personal name. A Pala dynasty that was founded by one
Gopala in the 8th century ruled in Bengal and Bihar until the 12th
century.Hungarian (Pál): from the personal name
Pál, Hungarian form of Paul. BG This name is also
found, spelled Pal, in Slovenia (Prekmurje) and northern and
eastern Croatia.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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