Wahl History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany
Sweden

Etymology of Wahl

What does the name Wahl mean?

The Swedish surname Wahl is an ornamental name from the Swedish words "wall and vall", meaning "grassy bank, pasture or grazing ground", perhaps adopted in some cases as a topographic name by "someone who lived by a grassy bank".

Ornamental compound surnames include Wallberg (pasture hill), Wallgren (pasture branch), Wallstrom (pasture river) and Wahlquist (pasture twig).

Wahl Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wahl, Wallen, Wallin, Wallenius, Wallner, Wallman, Wallander and many more.

Wahl Ranking

In the United States, the name Wahl is the 2,946^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Wahl is ranked the 5,332^nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2

Wahl migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wahl Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johan Wahl, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
Johannes Wahl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
Johan Casper Wahl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1754 3
Johann Caspar Wahl, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1754
Friederich Wahl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1764 3
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Wahl Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Melchior Wahl came with his wife Anna Clara and their two children to Philadelphia in 1808
Christian Wahl, aged 18, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3
Elizabeth Wahl, aged 36, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 3
Theodor Wahl, who arrived in Texas in 1849
Bernhard Wahl, aged 36, who landed in North America in 1853 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Wahl (post 1700) +

Grant Wahl (1973-2022), American sports journalist and soccer analyst for CBS Sports, senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a correspondent for Fox Sports, author of the book The Beckham Experiment (2009)
Phoebe Wahl, American illustrator, sculptor and children's book author
Jan Boyer Wahl (1931-2019), American children's author of over 120 works
James M. Wahl (1846-1939), born Jens Magnus Wahl, Norwegian-born, American settler and legislator in South Dakota
Robert Martin "Bobby" Wahl (b. 1992), American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
Elizabeth Alice "Betty" Wahl (1924-1988), American novelist and short story writer from St. Cloud, Minnesota
Bernt Rainer Wahl, American mathematician, mentor, entrepreneur, and author who served as CEO of Factle Corporation, Datahunt, and Dynamic Software
Ken Wahl (b. 1954), American retired television actor, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for his role in the CBS television crime drama Wiseguy
Arthur Wahl (1917-2006), American physicist, first person to isolate plutonium in a laboratory; he also worked on the Manhattan Project
Leo J. Wahl, American hair clipper inventor who patented the electromagnetic hair clipper in 1919
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Historic Events for the Wahl family +

Bismarck

Hermann Wahl (1921-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 4

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details