Family name origins & meanings
- Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads in Rogaland named Vagle, from the dative singular of Old Norse vagl ‘perch’, ‘roost’, with reference to a high ridge between two lakes.
- Indian (Maharashtra, Goa); pronounced as wah-glay : Hindu (Brahman) name found among Saraswat Brahmans. It appears to be derived from Marathi and Konkani wagụl ‘bat’ (Sanskrit valgula).