55%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. HAWL [key·IPA] Meaning & History From a surname that was derived from Old English heall "manor, hall", originally belonging to a person who lived or worked in a manor. PopularityDetails Last ranked #933 in 1902 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature upper class wholesome strong refined strange simple serious Categories Academy Awards Best Pictures, Billy Joel songs, currently out of the US top 1000, English nouns, Enya songs, film titles, Madonna songs, movies, place names, Siouxsie and the Banshees songs, surnames, The Pretenders lyrics, Tori Amos lyrics, Townes Van Zandt songs, TV show titles, word names