Dahl (surname)

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 Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Faroe Islands. The origin of the German forms Dahl and Dahle may have been in medieval Westphalia. In Germany about 11 places are called Dahl. 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. You also find several variations of -dahl used with prefixes (Heyerdahl, Heimendahl...).^[1] The oldest record of the name appears in Austria.^[2] People with the surname include:

Dahl

Arts and media

• Arlene Dahl, American film actress
• Arne Dahl, pen name of Swedish crime writer Jan Arnald
• Ingolf Dahl, German-born American composer of Swedish ancestry
• Johann Christian Dahl, Norwegian artist
• John Dahl, American filmmaker
• Kjell Ola Dahl, Norwegian writer writing as K. O. Dahl
• Laura Dahl, American fashion designer
• Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Norwegian-American fashion and portrait photographer
• Michael Dahl, Swedish painter
• Oleg Dahl, Russian actor
• Roald Dahl (1916–1990), British novelist
• Sophie Dahl (born 1977), British model and writer; granddaughter of Roald Dahl
• Stephan Dahl, British writer and a lecturer
• Steve Dahl, American radio personality
• Tessa Dahl, British writer; daughter of Roald Dahl
• Viking Dahl, Swedish composer

Education and academia

• Christopher Dahl (administrator), American college president from New York
• Darren Dahl, Canadian business economist
• Robert A. Dahl (1915–2014), American political scientist

Military

• Arne Dagfin Dahl (1894-1990), Norwegian general and commander of the Independent Norwegian Brigade Group in Germany
• Larry G. Dahl (1949–1971), US Army veteran and Medal of Honor recipient

Politics

• Donald Dahl, American politician
• Kristian Thulesen Dahl, head of the largest party of the incumbent ruling bloc of Denmark
• Niels Lauritz Dahl (1925–2014), Norwegian diplomat

Religion

• Jákup Dahl (1878–1944), Faroese provost and Bible translator
• Laila Riksaasen Dahl (bprn 1947), Norwegian Lutheran bishop
• K. G. William Dahl, Swedish-American Lutheran pastor, author and social advocate

Science

• Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist
• Friedrich Dahl, German zoologist
• Knut Dahl (1871–1951), Norwegian ichthyologist
• Lawrence F. Dahl (born 1929), professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Nikolai Dahl, Russian physician and Sergei Rachmaninov's psychologist
• Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist

Sports

• Albin Dahl, Swedish soccer player
• Alexander Dahl, German balloonist and author
• Harvey Dahl, American National Football League player-St. Louis Rams
• Jay Dahl, American baseball pitcher
• Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish football (soccer) player

Other

• Robert Dahl, Kanebridge worker
• Vladimir Dahl, Russian lexicographer

Dahle

Arts and music

• Gro Dahle (born 1962), Norwegian poet and writer
• Kurt Dahle (contemporary), Canadian rock drummer
• Ryan Dahle (born 1970), Canadian rock musician

Politics

• Herman Dahle (1855–1920), American politician from Wisconsin; U.S. congressman
• Kevin Dahle (born 1960), American politician from Minnesota; state legislator
• Torstein Dahle (born 1947), Norwegian politician and economist

Sports

• Mona Dahle (born 1970), Norwegian Olympic handball player

Other

• Johann Dahle (1749-1847), Hessian soldier and pioneering Virginian
• Øystein Dahle (born 1938), Norwegian businessman and organizational leader

See also

• Dahlin (surname)
• Dahlen (surname)
• Dolly Sods
• Dale, surname that had a similar spelling

References