Family 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 : fromBahl, a Sorbian form of the personal name Valentinus(see Valentine).
