Wagle is a surname that occurs in multiple cultures.
* It is one of the common surnames from Coastal Karnataka, Goan region of India. It is found to be one of the surname/family name (Upanama) amongst the
Konkani Saraswat Brahmin
The Saraswat Brahmins are Hindu Brahmins, who are spread over widely separated regions spanning from Kashmir in North India to Konkan in West India to Kanara (coastal region of Karnataka) and Kerala in South India. The word ''Saraswat'' is de ...
(Mostly
Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins
Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins (RSB) are a Hindu community of India.
Rajapur are classified under the Other Backward Class(OBC) list by the Government of Kerala and the Government of Karnataka.
See also
*Gaudapada
Gauḍapāda (Sanskrit: ...
and
Goud Saraswat Brahmins
Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB) (also Goud or Gawd) are a Hindu Brahmin community of the north. The Konkani speaking Gaud Saraswat of Goa and southern India claim to be descendents of these Gaud Saraswat Brahmins of the north that migrated to K ...
). They speak the
Goan
Goans ( kok, गोंयकार, Romi Konkani: , pt, Goeses) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, who form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, an ...
/
Mangalorean
Mangaloreans ( Tulu: ''Kudladaklu''; Kannada: ''Mangaloorinavaruu''; Konkani: ''Kodialkar''; Beary: ''Maikaltanga''; Urdu: ''Kaudalvale'') are a collection of diverse ethnic groups that hail from the historical locales of South Canara ( Tulun ...
or
Malvani Konkani dialect.
* Wagle (Wagale) is a family name of the
Konkani community in the states of
Maharashtra and
Goa
Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...
.
* In
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
, the surname "Wagle" is used by the Brahman community.
* In
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
, Wagle may be a habitational name derived from farmsteads in
Rogaland named Vagle, from the
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...
"vagl" meaning a ‘perch’ or ‘roost’, with reference to a high ridge between two lakes.
The name Wagle may refer to:
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Finn Wagle
Finn Wagle (born 19 June 1941) is a theologian and a former bishop of Nidaros in the Church of Norway. He was also the Preses ('' Primus inter pares'', “first among equals”) and thus presided over the Bishop's Conference in the Church of ...
(born 1941), Norwegian bishop
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Narayan Wagle
Narayan Wagle is a Nepali journalist and writer. He served as the editor of '' Kantipur Daily'', one of Nepal's largest circulating newspapers, until 2008, and was the editor of '' Nagarik News'' until 18 May 2012. Wagle won the Madan Puraskar fo ...
(born 1968), Nepali journalist and writer
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Nikhil Wagle (born 1959), Indian journalist
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Susan Wagle (born 1953), American politician
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Swarnim Wagle (born 1974), Nepali economist and policymaker
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Tellef Wagle (1883–1957), Norwegian sailor
*
Sukrutha Wagle (born 1992), Indian actress
Other uses
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Wagle Estate, industrial district in Thane, India
*''
Wagle Ki Duniya
''Wagle Ki Duniya'' () is an Indian sitcom that aired on DD National from 1988 to 1990. It was produced by Durga Khote, directed by Kundan Shah, and was based on characters created by noted cartoonist, R. K. Laxman, especially " the common man" ...
'', an Indian television series
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