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" ) or from Yiddish, in which wahl means "from Italy". 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 (born 1945), Swedish writer
 * 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