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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh name, probably from Sanskrit bahala ‘strong’, based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community.
  2. North German: from the Germanic personal name Baldo, a short form of the various compound names with the first element bald ‘bold’.
  3. Eastern German: from Bahl, a Sorbian form of the personal name Valentinus (see Valentine).