When William Dale was born in 1567, in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Dale, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Dale, was 42.
English: from Middle English dal, dale, daile ‘dale, valley’ (Old English dæl, reinforced in northern England by the cognate Old Norse dalr), a topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places called with this word, such as Dale in Cumbria and Yorkshire.
Norwegian: habitational name from a common farm named from Old Norse dali, the dative case of dalr ‘valley’.
Americanized form of German Diehl .
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