English Explanatory Dictionary

Kahl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Kahl Kahls

Etymology

German surname, from the adjective kahl (“bald”). Also from Kahl am Main in Lower Franconia, itself named after the River Kahl, from Old High German kaldaha (literally “the cold river”), from kalt (“cold”) + aha (“river”). Compare Cale.

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