Dallas - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Dallas \d(al)-las\ is pronounced DAL-iss. It is of Irish, Gaelic and Scottish origin, and its meaning is "from the dales, the valley meadows". Place name of a village in Scotland. Also the name of the Texas city.

Dallas has 4 variant forms: Dal, Dalles, Dallis and Delles.

Baby names that sound like Dallas are Tallis and Tallys.

Dallas is a popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Dallas. Click here to compare Dallas with related baby names.