Juhl Family History
Juhl Name Meaning
Danish and Norwegian: nickname for someone who was born on Christmas Day or had some other connection with this time of year from Old Norse jól. This was originally the name of a pagan midwinter festival which was later appropriated by the Christian Church for celebration of the birth of Christ. German (of Slavic origin): nickname or topographic name from a Germanized Slavic stem gol ‘naked barren’. North German: adoption of the Danish surname (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022