Bahl

* As an Indian (Punjabi) surname: Khatri and Sikh name from Sanskrit बहल (bahala, “strong, intense”). * As a north/Low German surname, from an old Germanic personal name Baldo, shortened from various names containing the element *balþ (“bold”). * As a Slavic surname, Germanized from Lower Sorbian and Polish Bal, itself shortened from Bałcar (an adaptation of Baltazar) or Baltyn) (an adaption of Valentine).