Dallas Name Meaning & Origin
Dallas
Pronunciation: DAL-əs (key)
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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