Comments for DALE:

The word dale comes from the old English dæl meaning curve or bend.

-- wiswina  12/20/2005

I have an aunt named Dale. She was named after Roy Rogers wife, Dale Evans. I think it's pretty and unusual for a girl.

-- anastasianicole  10/10/2006

This is my brother's name. He was born in 1986, so it is a very unusual name since most boys that age seem to be named Daniel or Josh. It is nice, classic name.

-- Anonymous User  1/23/2007

Could be a modernised form of the Old English name 'Daegel' - the meaning of which is uncertain.

-- Anonymous User  4/22/2007

Dale was the name of the heroine and companion (and possibly love-interest) in the Flash Gordon Serials popular in the 1930's and 1940's.

-- Anonymous User  6/22/2007

This is my husband's name, he was born in 1983 and fellow users are right, it wasn't common. People now still have to ask me to repeat his name because they think they have heard wrong. Not Daniel, or Steve, or Phil. Is different. I think it's lovely for a girl as well, although I would feel weird calling a girl Dale after yelling Dale at my husband for all these years, haha.

-- Anonymous User  9/20/2007

My Grandfather, Uncle (Jr.), and cousin (III) are all named Dale. To be honest, I don't really care for the name. The sound of it is short and it feels incomplete to me. Plus I don't really care for the sound of it. It's not a terrible name though.

-- NiamhWitch  12/25/2007

A famous bearer is fictional character Dale is from the TV show "ChipīnīDale: Rescue Rangers".

-- Ronja  1/7/2008

Reminds me of a racist hillbilly.

-- jasmineenimsaj  3/2/2008

This name sounds strictly masculine to me. It might work on a tomboyish girl, but not really on a woman, even if she's masculine. Manly-sounding names just don't sound all that edgy on a woman who is getting gray hair and wrinkles, so I'd pick something people are culturally accustomed to hearing on a female.

-- slight night shiver  4/21/2008

Dale Earnhardt Jr is a very popular NASCAR race car driver. He used to drive the number 8 Budweiser Chevrolet at DEI but then left to join Hendrick Motorsports and now drives the number 88 car.

-- Topher1286  5/9/2008

Dale Arden, Flash's love interest in the "Flash Gordon" comic strips, television shows, and movies.

-- FMRadio  5/18/2008

This is my name, and as much as I attempt to like it, I simply cannot manage it. I find it comedic, short, and a little too blunt. Many people I meet state that this is strictly a boys name, which also irritates me (as I am clearly a female). Why my parents decided to name me this, I cannot say. Please, do not call your little girl this, she will live to regret it.

-- Anonymous User  6/9/2008

This, to me and most people I know, is a very masculine name. I'm not fond of it because it makes me think of a con artist or a flaky car salesman.

-- MisquotedWarrior  8/20/2008

This is a character (and my favorite) from King of the Hill.

-- _0TophasNails_1  1/7/2009

Dale Harding is a character in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey. He is an effeminate, well-educated man.

-- MoonAgeDaydreamer  1/15/2009

The only Dale I've ever met was a friendly middle-aged woman with a southern accent. I can easily imagine this name on either gender, but I can't imagine it on anyone below forty.

-- Ouaie  4/9/2009

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