Frequency: (404)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: habitational name from a place in Holstein named Behl.
2. Altered spelling of German Böhl (see Boehle).
3. Indian: variant of Bahl.
GIVEN NAMES: Indian 11%. Ajay (2), Swadesh (2), Aditya, Anil, Ashok, Dev, Nikhil, Pradeep, Rajesh, Ramesh, Sanjay, Santosh.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
