Meaning and Origin of: Halle

The name Halle is Scandinavian for "Heroine"

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian : Heroine

Girl name variations

Halla

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Hall.
  • French (also Hallé) : topographic name from Old French halle, ‘covered market’, from halla ‘covered room’.
  • Dutch and Belgian (van Halle) : habitational name from places in Belgium named Halle (Brabant, Antwerp), Hal in North Brabant, or Hall and Halle in Gelderland.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from the city of Halle, in Saxony, Germany.

Famous people with this first name

Halle Berry