Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings English : variant of Sandall.Variant of Scandinavian Sandahl.Indian (Panjab, Jammu and Kashmir) : Hindu (Arora, Dogra) and Sikh name, from Arabic ̣sandal ‘sandal’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from Polish sandał, Yiddish sandal ‘sandalwood’.