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What does Dale mean?
Dale 
▼ as a girls' name (also used more regularly as boys' name Dale) is pronounced dayl. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Dale is "valley". Place name. Originally a surname meaning "one who lives in the valley". Dalena and Dalenna are also short form variants of Madeline. Actress Dale Evans.
STARTS WITH Da-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, surname
Variations
VARIANTS Dael, Daelyn, Dail, Daile, Dalena, Dalene, Dalenna, Dalina, Dalla, Daly, Dayla, Dayle
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA DALENNA, MADELINE Mada, Madel, Madge▼, Madlen, Mady, Mala, Malena, Marlen▼, Maud▼, Maude▼
MASCULINE FORM Dallin
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dale Audrianna (D.A.), ..
How popular is Dale?
Dale is a very prominent first name for females (#696 out of 4276, Top 16%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#1103 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Dale reached its top position of #299 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not listed currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Dalene, Dayle, Mada, Madeline (#100 VIA LATEST LIST), Madge, Malena, Marlen, Maud and Maude are the popular varying forms of Dale. Adoption of these forms of Dale was more pronounced a century ago (USAGE OF 1.27%) and has become significantly lower since (USAGE 0.17%, DOWN 86.5%), with versions such as Maude becoming less in vogue.
Similar Names
Dale▼ is pronounced similarly to Dahl, Del, Dell, Delle, Dielle and Doll. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alle, Carle, Cele, Cile, Cole, Dace, Dacee, Dacey, Dacie, Dacy, Dada, Dafne, Dagne, Dai, Daleia, Dalia, Daline, Dalma, Dalya, Dama, Dana▼, Dane, Danea, Danele, Daney, Dani▲, Danie, Danne, Dany, Daph, Dara▲, Darb, Darel, Darla▼, Dasie, Davy, Dawn▼, Dawne, Day, Daya, Deane, Dee▼, Dela, Delie, Dene, Diane▼, Dila, Doe, Dola, Dore, Dove, Drue, Duane, Dyane, Elle▲, Gale▼, Halle▼, Hazle, Iole, Kahle, Kalle, Kayle▼, Mable▼, Neale, Paule, Peale, Sile, Vale and Zele. These names tend to be less commonly used than Dale.
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