Wahle Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Wahle is best understood alongside Wahl: both are German spellings of one family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “Foreigner”. Wahle adds “e” to Wahl, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Wahls, Wal and Vahl.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Wahle surname had 443 bearers. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames.

Arms linked to Wahl and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Wahle surname pack.