Comments for the name Dashiell

Famous author Samuel Dashiell Hammett published under his much better-known middle name. Also, Pixar's "The Incredibles" featured speedy young superhero Dashiell "Dash" Parr.

Cate Blanchet's eldest son is named Dashiell.

It is pronounced DASH-uhl.

Dashiell originates from, de Cheil, an old French surname. In Lucenay, France, there is a Rue de Chiel, Domaine de Chiel and a Chateau de Chiel. It is an old family name. In the U.S., there are a lot of people with the Dashiell surname in Maryland, which is where Samuel Dashiell Hammett, the writer, was born.

I went from strongly disliking this name to loving it! It's really grown on me over time. I think it's a very handsome name.

My name is Dashiell and I never liked my name when I was younger. It's kinda grown on me now and I like it more and more. Though I've never understood why people think it sounds masculine, I'm a girl and I've only heard of one person with my name that's a girl.

Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters has a son named Dashiell, but I think he spells it "Daschiel".

I like the name, and it's my cousin's name (a girl). But almost everyone mispronounces it. The most common is Dash-SHEEL.

Dashiell is Dash's first name in the Incredibles.

He'd inevitably be called Dash. I don't like the ending either.

I personally love this name, I heard somewhere that it means "of heaven" but I could be wrong.

It's an ugly, pretentious name, and all the nicknames will surely be crap.

Well, that's you. To me, this doesn't sound pretentious at all. In fact, it's not even complicated to say. DASH-il. And I happen to think the nickname Dash is rather cool.

Dashiell Hammett was an American novelist.

I thought it was pronounced Dash-ee-yell. Since nobody can agree on its pronunciation, it would be easier to just call him Dash.