Wahl (surname)

Wahl is a Norwegian and Danish surname that originates from the German wal meaning 'field'. The name may also have roots in 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:

• Anne Wahl (born 1953), Norwegian sprint canoer
• Arthur C. Wahl, American chemist
• Asbjørn Wahl (born 1951), Norwegian researcher and author
• Ballie Wahl (1920–1978), South African rugby player
• Bernt Wahl, American author, entrepreneur and mathematician
• Betty Wahl (1924–1988), American novelist and short story writer
• Bobby Wahl (born 1992), American baseball player
• Charlotte Wahl (1817–1899), Latvian philanthropist
• Charlotte Johnson Wahl (1942–2021), British artist and mother of Boris Johnson
• Corrine Wahl (born 1954), American model and actress
• Edgar de Wahl (1867–1948), Baltic German linguist and scholar
• Eduard Wahl (1903–1985), German CDU politician
• Erik Wahl, American artist and entrepreneur
• François Wahl (1925–2014), French editor and structuralist
• Frank-Michael Wahl (born 1956), German handball player
• George Douglas Wahl (1895–1981), American military officer
• Grant Wahl (1974–2022), American sports journalist
• Harry Wahl (1869–1940), Finnish businessman, violin collector, and sailor
• Harry Wahl (1902–1975), Canadian political figure
• Hauke Wahl (born 1994), German footballer
• Henry Wahl, (1915–1984) Norwegian speed skater
• Jacques Wahl (born 1971), South African cricketer
• James M. Wahl (1846–1939), Norwegian American settler and South Dakota legislator
• Jan Boyer Wahl (1933–2019), American children's book author
• Jean Wahl (1888–1974), French philosopher
• Jens Wahl (born 1966), German footballer
• Johann Salomon Wahl (1689–1765), German artist
• John Eshleman Wahl (1933–2010), American civil rights attorney
• Jonathan Wahl, American mathematician
• Karl Wahl (1892–1981), German Nazi Gauleiter of Swabia
• Ken Wahl (born 1954), American film and television actor
• Kermit Wahl (1922–1987), American baseball player
• Kurt Wahl (1912–1990), German fencer
• Lutz Wahl (1869–1928), American military general
• Margit Wahl (1900 or 1903–1949), Hungarian operatic soprano singer
• Mats Wahl (1945–2025), Swedish writer and dramatist
• Meir Wahl, Polish rabbi
• Mitch Wahl (born 1990), American hockey player
• Moritz Callmann Wahl (1829–1887), German writer
• Nathalie Wahl (born 1976), Belgian mathematician
• Nicholas Wahl (1928–1996), American historian
• Otto Wahl (1904–1935), German cross-country skier
• Paul Wahl (1906–1982), German weightlifter
• Philippe Wahl (born 1956), French business executive
• Phoebe Wahl, American illustrator, sculptor and children's book author
• Rakel Wahl (1921–2005), Norwegian cross-country skier
• Richard Wahl (1906–1982), German fencer
• Richard L. Wahl, nuclear medicine physician
• Robert Wahl (1927–2023), American football player
• Rosalie E. Wahl (1924–2013), American jurist
• Saul Wahl (1541–1617), legendary king of Poland
• Tyler Wahl (born 2001), American basketball player
• Veleslav Wahl (1922–1950), Czech ornithologist and resistance activist
• Will Wahl, contestant on Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X
• William Henry Wahl (1848–1909), American scientific editor and journalist
• Wolfgang Wahl (1925–2006), German actor

See also

• Wahle
• Waal (disambiguation)
• Vahl

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.