as a Last Name
- 24,411
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Dahl
Meaning & Origins
Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, North German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from any of the medieval and modern forms of Germanic dala-, Old Norse dalr, ‘valley’. Throughout Norway and elsewhere in Scandinavia this is a common farm name. In some cases it is a habitational name from places in Germany named Dahl or Dahle, from the same word. As a Jewish family name this is a habitational name or an ornamental adoption.
| 1,483rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,411
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Dahl per capita
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