The story
- Old High German · derived fromkaldaha
- English todayKahl
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.