Wehle Family History
Wehle Name Meaning
German: habitational name from any of various places called Wehlen for example near Hamburg or near Pirna. South German: from a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Wahho. Germanized form of Sorbian Ẃela and Wjela: from a Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian short form of a personal name such as Old Sorbian Welimir based on the Slavic element vel ‘big great’ also ‘significant’ (from Old Slavic velьjь).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022