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This surname is English and sometimes Scottish habitational and derives from residence at a remote valley (halh) or by a salt water estuary (heil). The origin is strictly speaking Ancient British (pre-Roman), and a survivor of the very earliest civilisations. Sometimes the name is locational from villages called Hale, Hales, Haile, and Hayle, which occur throughout the British Isles.

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Hale may also mean “Whole, Healthy” from Hale in Middle English. “Hero” from Haele in Old English. “Eminent” from Haol in Gaelic. Or “Hall” from Halle in Middle High German.