Wahl (surname)

Wahl is a surname. The name may originate from the German word Wahl (meaning "election" or "choice"[1]) or from Yiddish, in which wahl means "from Italy".[2] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Andreas Wallan Wahl, Swedish bass guitarist
  • Arthur C. Wahl, American chemist
  • Bernt Wahl, American author, entrepreneur and mathematician
  • Betty Wahl (1924–1988), American novelist and short story writer
  • Bobby Wahl (born 1992), American baseball player
  • Edgar de Wahl (1867–1948), Baltic German linguist and scholar
  • Grant Wahl (born 1974), American sports journalist
  • James M. Wahl (1846–1939), Norwegian American settler and South Dakota legislator
  • Jan Boyer Wahl (born 1933), American children's book author
  • Jean Wahl (1888–1974), French philosopher
  • Ken Wahl (born 1954), American film and television actor
  • Mats Wahl (born 1945), Swedish writer
  • Moritz Callmann Wahl (1829–1887), German writer
  • Nathalie Wahl (born 1976), Belgian mathematician
  • Phoebe Wahl, American illustrator, sculptor and children's book author
  • Rosalie E. Wahl (1924–2013), American jurist
  • Saul Wahl (1541–1617), legendary king of Poland

See also

References
  1. Singer, Isidore; Julius Gottlieb. "WAHL, SAUL". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  2. Polonsky, Antony, The Jews in Poland and Russia, vol. 1, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. 2010, p. 12.
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