Dallas - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Dallas \d(al)-

, also used as boy's name Dallas, is pronounced DAL-iss. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning 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.

Dallas has 2 variant forms: Dalles and Dallis.

Baby names that sound like Dallas are Dellis, Dyllis and Dillys.

Dallas is a somewhat common first name for women (#2167 out of 4276) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#3285 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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