Dale

DAYL

English

"valley"

Dale Origin and Meaning

The name Dale is a boy's name of English origin meaning "valley".

A light and breezy nature name that's currently in style limbo, despite its pleasant meaning.

Dale Rank in US Top 1000

# 914 in the US

Popularity of the name Dale

• 1089 Nameberry 2025
• 409 Unique 2023

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Famous People Named Dale

• (Ralph) Dale Earnhardt American NASCAR driver
• (Ralph) Dale Earnhardt Jr. American NASCAR driver
• Dale Arnold Jarrett American NASCAR driver
• Dale Alan Midkiff American actor
• Dale Willem Steyn South African cricketer
• (Byron) Dale Oliver American country musician
• Dale Thomas Mortensen American economist
• Dale Hey aka Buddy Roberts American pro wrestler
• Dale Whibley Canadian actor
• Dale Harbison Carnegie American author and speaker
• Dale Brown American novelist
• Dale Jonathan Winton English TV presenter
• Dale Norman Campbell Savours, Baron Campbell,Savours, British MP
• Dayl Cronin Irish singer of group HomeTown

The name Dale in Pop Culture

• Special Agent Dale Cooper a main character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
• Dale Horvath character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
• Dale Denton Seth Rogen's character in "Pineapple Express"
• Dale Locklin character on TV's "The Client List"
• Dale Disney chipmunk (Chip 'n' Dale)
• Dale city that was destroyed by the dragon Smaug in "The Hobbit"
• Dale Gribble Hank Hill's paranoid neighbor in "King of the Hill"
• Dale Barbara aka Barbie main character in book/TV series "Under the Dome"
• Dale character in the YouTube series "Minecraft Diaries"
• Dale Vandermeer character in the Cube Escape series
• Dale Ballard coach introduced in Season 3 of "Young Sheldon" played by Craig T. Nelson