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Updated: April 18, 2025

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Valley
  • German : Valley dweller

How Popular Is The Name Dal

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian, chiefly Danish and Norwegian : habitational name from a common place name, the name of several farmsteads, derived from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’. Compare Dahl.

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