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What does Dallas mean?
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
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)
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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