Updated June 9, 2019

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • German : Valley dweller

Girl name variations

Dael

Dael

+ 68% this year
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Daile

Daile

0 % this year
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Dalena

Dalena

- 45% this year
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Dallon

Dallon

- 20% this year
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Dayle

Dayle

+ 60% this year
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Daela

Daela

0 % this year
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Dahl

Dahl

0 % this year
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Dail

Dail

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Daila

Daila

+ 133% this year
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Dalene

Dalene

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Dalina

Dalina

+ 25% this year
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Daline

Daline

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Dayl

Dayl

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Valley
  • German : Valley dweller

Boy name variations

Dal

Dal

+ 14% this year
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Dallan

Dallan

+ 86% this year
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Dallen

Dallen

+ 27% this year
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Dallin

Dallin

+ 12% this year
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Dallon

Dallon

- 20% this year
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Dalton

Dalton

+ 1% this year
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Daley

Daley

- 29% this year
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Dalibor

Dalibor

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Daly

Daly

0 % this year
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Dayle

Dayle

+ 60% this year
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Dawley

Dawley

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How Popular Is The Name Dale

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from Middle English dale ‘dale’, ‘valley’ (Old English dæl, reinforced in northern England by the cognate Old Norse dalr), a topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, or a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word, such as Dale in Cumbria and Yorkshire.
  • Irish : possibly in some cases of English origin, but otherwise an Anglicized form of Gaelic Dall, a byname meaning ‘blind’.
  • Norwegian : habitational name from a farm named from Old Norse dali, the dative case of dalr ‘valley’. It is a common name in Norway, especially western Norway, and is also found in Sweden.
  • Americanized spelling of German Dahl.
  • With a reputation as a disciplinarian, the soldier and colonizer Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619), was appointed marshal of VA and arrived in 1611 at Point Comfort with the Starr, Prosperous, and Elizabeth, carrying settlers, stores, and livestock. First enlisted in the service of the Netherlands, he later served Prince Henry in Scotland and was knighted as Sir Thomas Dale of Surrey.