Dahl (surname)
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Dahl or Dahle is a surname
of Germanic
origin. Dahl, which means valley in the North Germanic languages
(tal in German, dale in northern British English), is common in Norway
, Denmark
and Sweden
. The origin of the German forms Dahl and Dahle may have been in medieval Westphalia
.
There are several variations as it was common to add a suffix
to Dahl in order to denote the name bearer's original locale or occupation. The oldest record of the name appears in Austria. People with the surname include:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
origin. Dahl, which means valley in the North Germanic languages
North Germanic languages
The North Germanic languages or Scandinavian languages, the languages of Scandinavians, make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the extinct East Germanic languages...
(tal in German, dale in northern British English), is common in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The origin of the German forms Dahl and Dahle may have been in medieval Westphalia
Westphalia
Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Dortmund, Minden and Münster.Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north and south of the Ruhr River. No exact definition of borders can be given, because the name "Westphalia"...
.
There are several variations as it was common to add a suffix
Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs...
to Dahl in order to denote the name bearer's original locale or occupation. The oldest record of the name appears in Austria. People with the surname include:
Dahl
- Albin DahlAlbin DahlCarl Albin Dahl was an Swedish football player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Swedish team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.-External links:**...
, Swedish soccer player - Alexander DahlAlexander DahlAlexander Dahl was a German industrialist, author and balloonist. He was the first person to take a photograph of the Earth's curvature from an open hydrogen gas balloon in 1933....
, German balloonist and author - Anders DahlAnders DahlAnders Dahl was a Swedish botanist and student of Carolus Linnaeus. The dahlia flower is named after him.In 1770, Dahl entered Uppsala University as a freshman ....
, Swedish botanist - Arlene DahlArlene DahlArlene Carol Dahl is an American actress and former MGM contract star, who achieved notability during the 1950s. She is the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas.-Early years:...
, American film actress - Arne Dagfin DahlArne Dagfin DahlArne Dagfin Dahl CBE was a Norwegian military officer most renowned as the commander of the Alta Battalion during the fighting at Narvik in Northern Norway in 1940.-First World War:...
, Norwegian general and commander of the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany - Christopher Dahl (administrator), American college president from New York
- Friedrich DahlFriedrich DahlKarl Friedrich Theodor Dahl was a German zoologist, and in particular an arachnologist....
, German zoologist - Harvey DahlHarvey DahlHarvey Dahl is an American football guard for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2005...
, American football player - Ingolf DahlIngolf DahlIngolf Dahl was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.-Biography:Born in Hamburg, Germany to a German father and a Swedish mother, his birth name was Walter Ingolf Marcus. He studied with Philipp Jarnach at the Hochschule für Musik Köln...
, German-born American composer of Swedish ancestry - Jákup DahlJákup DahlJákup Dahl was a Faroese Provost and Bible translator. In 1908 he became known as a linguist with the first Faroese grammar lessons for school students.- Life and work :...
(1878–1944), Faroese provost and Bible translator - Jay DahlJay DahlJay Steven Dahl was an American baseball player who debuted in Major League Baseball at age 17 in 1963, then died less than two years later in an automobile accident.-Career:...
, American baseball pitcher - Johann Christian Dahl, Norwegian artist
- John DahlJohn DahlJohn Dahl is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the neo-noir genre.-Life and career:John Dahl was born in Billings, Montana, the second of four children . Dahl spent his young life in and around Montana all the way up through his college years...
, American filmmaker - Jon Dahl TomassonJon Dahl TomassonJon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....
, Danish football (soccer) player - K. G. William DahlK. G. William DahlK. G. William Dahl was a Lutheran pastor, author and social advocate.-Background:K. G. William Dahl was born in Osby, Skåne in Sweden. Both Dahl's father and grandfather had been Lutheran ministers of the Church of Sweden parish. His brother was the composer Viking Dahl. K. G. William Dahl...
, Swedish-American Lutheran pastor, author and social advocate - Kjell Ola Dahl, Norwegian writer writing as K. O. Dahl
- Knut DahlKnut DahlKnut Dahl was a Norwegian zoologist and explorer who made important bird collections in northern Australia.-Early years:...
(1871–1951), Norwegian ichthyologist - Laura DahlLaura DahlLaura Dahl is an American fashion designer. A native of Las Vegas, NV, she attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona and continued her studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.-Career:...
, American fashion designer - Larry G. DahlLarry G. DahlLarry Gilbert Dahl was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.-Biography:...
(1949–1971), US Army veteran and Medal of Honor recipient - Lawrence F. DahlLawrence F. DahlLawrence F. Dahl is an R.E. Rundle and Hilldale Professor of Chemistry, emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dahl is an inorganic chemist, and his research focused on high-nuclearity metallic compounds. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1988.-Early life and...
(born 1929), professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison - Louise Dahl-WolfeLouise Dahl-WolfeLouise Emma Augusta Dahl was a noted American photographer. She is known primarily for her work for Harper's Bazaar, in association with fashion editor Diana Vreeland.-Background:...
, Norwegian-American fashion and portrait photographer - Michael DahlMichael DahlMichael Dahl was a Swedish portrait painter, who lived and worked in London for the larger part of his life....
, Swedish painter - Nikolai DahlNikolai DahlNikolai Vladimirovich Dahl, often called Nicolai Dahl was a Russian physician. He graduated from the Moscow University in 1887, and was a studied in France with Charcot who initiated a therapy by hypnotizing his patients. Dahl had a private practice in Moscow. His speciality was in the fields of...
, Russian physician and Sergei Rachmaninov's psychologist - Ole-Johan DahlOle-Johan DahlOle-Johan Dahl was a Norwegian computer scientist and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with Kristen Nygaard.- Career :...
, Norwegian computer scientist - Oleg Dahl, Russian actor
- Roald DahlRoald DahlRoald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriter.Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent, rising to the rank of Wing Commander...
(1916–1990), Welsh novelist - Robert A. DahlRobert A. DahlRobert Alan Dahl , is the Sterling Professor emeritus of political science at Yale University, where he earned his Ph.D. in political science in 1940. He is past president of the American Political Science Association...
, American political scientist - Sophie DahlSophie DahlSophie Dahl , born Sophie Holloway, is an English author and former model. She was born in London, the daughter of actor Julian Holloway and writer Tessa Dahl. Her maternal grandparents were author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal. Her paternal grandparents were actor Stanley Holloway and...
(born 1977), British model and writer; granddaughter of Roald Dahl - Stephan DahlStephan DahlStephan Dahl is a British academic and senior lecturer at the University of Hull having previously taught marketing at Middlesex University in London, United Kingdom...
, British writer and a lecturer - Steve DahlSteve DahlSteven Robert Dahl has been an American radio personality and humorist for more than thirty years. He is currently podcasting, and releases the podcasts for download daily from his own website as well as the iTunes store...
, American radio personality - Tessa Dahl, British writer; daughter of Roald Dahl
- Viking DahlViking DahlViking Dahl, , was a Swedish composer, active also as a painter and an author. He was brother to K. G. William Dahl....
, Swedish composer - Vladimir Dahl, Russian lexicographer
- Clint Santiago Dahl, American Producer/filmmaker, MMA expert
- Bjarne Dahl, (1930-2009), Scandinavian harpsichord collector and restorer
Dahle
- Gro DahleGro DahleGro Dahle is a Norwegian poet and writer.She was born in Oslo, and is a daughter of Øystein Dahle. She made her literary début in 1987 with Audiens , a collection of poetry...
(born 1962), Norwegian poet and writer - Herman DahleHerman DahleHerman Bjorn Dahle was a United States Congressman in the House of Representatives from Wisconsin.-Background:...
(1855–1920), American politician from Wisconsin; U.S. congressman - Johann Dahle (1749-1847), Hessian soldier and pioneering Virginian
- Kevin DahleKevin DahleKevin L. Dahle is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 25, which includes portions of Le Sueur, Rice, Scott and Sibley counties in the south central part of the state. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in a special election held...
(born 1960), American politician from Minnesota; state legislator - Kurt DahleKurt DahleKurt Dahle is a Canadian musician best known for his work as a drummer with the rock bands Age of Electric, Limblifter, and The New Pornographers....
(contemporary), Canadian rock drummer - Mona DahleMona DahleMona Dahle is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with the Norwegian national team. Mona Dahle played 114 games for the national team during her career, scoring 151 goals.-References:...
(born 1970), Norwegian Olympic handball player - Øystein DahleØystein DahleØystein Dahle is a Norwegian businessperson and organizational leader.He was born in Trondheim. He worked in Esso from 1963, and was vice president of Esso Norway from 1985 to 1995...
(born 1938), Norwegian businessman and organizational leader - Ryan DahleRyan DahleRyan Dahle is a Canadian musician, best known for his contributions to the bands Age of Electric, Nasty Tryxx and Limblifter, each of which have scored several major radio hits.-The Age of Electric:...
(born 1970), Canadian rock musician - Torstein DahleTorstein DahleTorstein Dahle is a Norwegian politician and economist. He works at the Bergen University College and represents Red in the city council of Bergen. Dahle was born in Oslo....
(born 1947), Norwegian politician and economist