Last name: WAHL

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WAHL : This last name is indexed 170,569 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

WAHL : 1: 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 found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) Sweden and Denmark.2: North German: from the personal name Wole a short form of Wol(d)er (see Wahler).3: Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Val from Old Norse vathill ‘ford’ denoting shallow water for example in a bay or strait.

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