Given name & surname

Bahl

“strong, intense”

Bahl is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As an Indian (Punjabi) surname: Khatri and Sikh name from Sanskrit बहल (bahala, Bahl goes back to a word meaning “strong, intense.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Bahl has more than one origin: as an Indian (Punjabi) surname: Khatri and Sikh name from Sanskrit बहल (bahala, it goes back to a word meaning “strong, intense”; as a north/Low German surname, it comes from Germanic; as a Slavic surname, it comes from Polish Bal.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bahl’s family of names

In German usage, Bahl as a surname has a related form in BAAL.

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