Charlie Dalton was a great character in the film "Dead Poets Society" played by actor Gale Hansen.
-- Anonymous User 12/21/2005
Timothy Dalton (James Bond) and writer Annie Dalton. Who would have this as a first name? I hope this doesn't become the next Mackenzie!
-- Anonymous User 2/6/2007
Not only is this an awesome name, but my father's name was DALE and my mother's name was TONI, dropping the last letter of each makes the perfect namesake for my first son! DAL TON.
There's this girl at school named Dalton, and I think that that's a bit extreme.
-- Anonymous User 10/1/2007
Dalton was the name of the main character in the movie "Road House" (1989). It is based on a true story and the character Dalton is handsome, intelligent and athletic.
-- Anonymous User 2/25/2008
The Dalton Gang was a brotherhood of outlaws in the American Old West.
-- Anonymous User 2/25/2008
Dalton is also a fictional character appearing in season two of the television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". He was a scholarly vampire who wore glasses.
-- Anonymous User 2/25/2008
In science: A "Dalton" (Da), the atomic mass unit, named after chemist John Dalton.
-- Anonymous User 2/25/2008
I hate this name. It sounds so hick-ish and uneducated.