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