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English or Scandinavian
"hero or from the hall"
Halen is a cool surname name that will be especially appealing to fans of Van Halen.
Halen is a surname-name that will appeal to Van Halen fans, or simply those looking for an unusual yet simple surname name.
English occupational name
"worker at the hall"
A simple, self-possessed, somewhat serious surname, which might work better as a middle.
Scottish and English
"hall or woodland clearing"
While this has a distinguished male namesake -- astronomer Edmund Halley and his comet -- it still strays too close to the superpopular feminine Hailey family to work for some parents for a boy.…
Star name, Latin
"entry hall"
A star in the constellation Triangulum Australe, also the name of a publishing imprint and an assisted living corporation, probably because it has that streamlined corporate I-could-be-a-car-name…
Variation of Valhalla, English from Norse
"the slain hall"
A rare spelling variation of the Norse mythological name Valhalla — the great hall which housed slain heroes who were to fight the battles of Ragnarök.
English from Norse
In Norse mythology, Valhalla was the great hall that welcomes heroes who died in battle. The residents of Valhalla were hand-picked by Odin, for they were to help him during Ragnarök. Valhalla…