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Ahl (S)>

Ahl (surname)

Variants:Ahlenius (S) Ahlman (S) Ahlsén (S) Alenius (S) Alsén (S)
Derivative(s):Ahlberg (S) Ahlbom (S) Ahlborg (S) Ahlfors (S) Ahlgren (S) Ahlmark (S) Ahlqvist (S) Ahlsted (S) Ahlström (S) Alfors (S) Algren (S)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. German, from Old/Middle High German "eel" signifying "an eel fisher" or as a nickname for "a slippery person".

2. German, a shortened form of many names beginning with this syllable (or a form of it), meaning "noble". (See also Adel.)

3. Swedish, from the "alder tree", for someone who lived by an alder grove.

Note The variants and derivatives listed above all apply to the Swedish form of Ahl.