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Meaning & Origins
Transferred use of the surname, originally a local name for someone who lived in a dale or valley. It is now fairly commonly used as a given name, along with other monosyllabic surnames of topographical origin (see for example Dell and Hale).
| 185th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English, Scottish, and German: patronymic from Peter.
| 62nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Daley, Dalee, Dalea, Daleah, Dalei, Daleo, Dalia, Daleya, Dayle, Dahlia
Peters, Petersen, Peter, Peterman, Pete, Paterson, Peterkin, Petermann, Peterka, Petersheim
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