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What does Dallas mean?

Dallas Pronunciation of Dallas as a girls' name (also used more regularly as boys' name Dallas) is pronounced DAL-iss. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Dallas is "from the dales, the valley meadows". Place name of a village in Scotland, used as a given name since the 19th century. The source is unrelated to Dallas, Texas, which was named for an American Vice President.

STARTS WITH Da-

ASSOCIATED WITH scottish, gaelic, meadows, 19th century

Variations

VARIANTS Dalles, Dallis

MASCULINE FORM Houston

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dallas Sabina (D.S.), ..

How popular is Dallas?

Dallas is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#2167 out of 4276, Top 51%) and an even more prominent last name for both adults and children (#3698 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Dallas entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its apex position of #527 in the U.S. in 1994, and is at #636 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dallas name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dallas outside U.S.

Similar Names

Dallas is pronounced similarly to Dalise, Dalisse, Delis, Dellis, Dellise, Dillys, Dilys, Dylis and Dyllis. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Calla, Callan, Dalia, Daliah, Dalila, Dalla, Dalma, Dalya, Dalyah, Damalas, Darla, Dayla, Della, Dilla, Dillan, Dyllan, Fallan, Galla, Kalla, Kallan, Lalla, Lillas, Pallas, Palles, Valla, Wallis and Wallys (see Wallis). These names tend to be less commonly used than Dallas.

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