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I've seen the boy's name Dallin on some other boards. Some say it is a newly made-up name, some say it is on old English name.
Anyone who knows the facts?
Anyone who knows the facts?
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I believe it is from Dallan, the Irish name meaning "blind". Hoever, I'm not porfessional and that's just what I have seen of it anyway. I know a lady who has a son named Dallin and they are of Irish heritage.
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Dallin is not "newly made up". It is a surname transfer name. It is now quite common in Utah because it is the name of Dallin Oaks, a former President of Brigham Young University who is now on the Council of Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Dallin Oaks's mother named him after Cyrus Dallin, a famous sculptor. As a surname Dallin is English and means one's ancestors came from the town of Dalling in Norfolk, England. Dalling meang "settlement of the followers of a man named Dalla" in Old English.
Links to Cyrus Dallin:
http://www.dallin.org/
and Dallin H. Oaks:
http://www.lds.org/newsroom/biography/0,15609,3959-1----44,00.html
Links to Cyrus Dallin:
http://www.dallin.org/
and Dallin H. Oaks:
http://www.lds.org/newsroom/biography/0,15609,3959-1----44,00.html
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Well i think its a variation of dylon or dillan i think if it was old english it would show up on the search, but thats my opinion.
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No . . .
There are literally tens of thousands of names around the world that are not in the database.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
There are literally tens of thousands of names around the world that are not in the database.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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