Recently added this to my favs list after reading "The Maltese Falcon" and seeing "The Incredibles" in the same week... Dashiell Hammett is the author of the famous novel; Dashiell Parr is the speedy young hero from the movie. Ironically, both are nicknamed "Dash". (
Thomas Edison also named his son Dash, though that was his full name... along with his two sisters,
Dot and
Dot.
Edison was a Morse freak.)
Strangely, I couldn't find the name on this site... I found the information about the name on BabyNames, though I was a bit disgusted that it comes from the French "de chiel", for "page boy"... Even so, I still like the sound of the name (just as it's written... dash-ell).
I did submit it a few days ago, but I don't know how long it tends to take the webmaster to get submitted names up.
I'm just surprised that the first name of such a famous author is so rare. Maybe it has to do with that irritating meaning.
Anyways. Anyone else like this name?