Dallas Name Meaning & Origin
Dallas
Origin of the name Dallas:
Borrowed from the name of a Texas city named for U.S. Vice President G.M. Dallas (1792-1864). The surname, of Scottish origin meaning “belonging to Dallas, from Dallas,” is derived from the Gaelic elements dail (a field) and eas (a waterfall): hence, “the waterfall field.” Var: Dalas.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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My son is named Dallas Ashton Johnson and i have a son named Houston Gage Johnson also.
People seem to be fifty/fifty on this name. I love it, but I wouldn't suggest it unless you or your spouse have Texas ties. Being from Dallas, it's one of my favorite names. There is the outsider's connection, which could be good or bad.
I love this name, not from Texas but I am a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys. I also just love the edge of the name. Me and My boyfriend already decided that if we have a boy we will name him Dallas Rocky Lawson.
- Nicknames for Dallas
Dally, Big D, Texas, Cowboy, D, Dal, San Antonio, Rusty-James
- Meanings and history of the name Dallas
- Famous real-life people named Dallas
Bryce Dallas Howard, actress and daughter of actor-director Ron Howard
Alexander J. Dallas, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury
George Mifflin Dallas, son of Alexander J. Dallas, 11th Vice President, Senator and Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Dallas Clark, Iowa Hawkeye and Indianapolis Colts Tight End.
Dallas Green, Lead singer on Alexisonfire and City and Colour.
Dallas Xavier Barrino (b. 2011), son of American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress Fantasia Barrino- Dallas in song, story & screen
Dallas "Dally" Winston, from "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
Dallas, Captain of Nostromo in "Alien"
Dallas Howard, character in "Alien Versus Predator: Requiem"
Dallas McVie, character in "Four Christmases"
Korben Dallas, character in "The Fifth Element"
Larry Dallas, character on the sitcom "Three's Company"
Steve Dallas, character in the comic strip, "Berke Breathed"
Dallas Genoard - From the anime Baccano!