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I think,
Look at the two words which make up your last name, stock and dale. Stock means merchandise (a store) and dale means a valley. Now combine those two words.
I think,
Look at the two words which make up your last name, stock and dale. Stock means merchandise (a store) and dale means a valley. Now combine those two words.
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stock + dale
Agata is using one of the modern definitions of the word "stock."
Stockdale (and its spelling variants) is a place name that is a compound word as Agata suggested. However, the etymology of "stock" is from Middle English ("stok"), from Old English "stocc" meaning "tree trunk." The word "dale" is the Old English word "dael" meaning (as Agata indicated correctly) "valley." Therefore, the name Stockdale means something along the lines of "valley filled with trees (or tree trunks if you want to nitpick)."
Agata is using one of the modern definitions of the word "stock."
Stockdale (and its spelling variants) is a place name that is a compound word as Agata suggested. However, the etymology of "stock" is from Middle English ("stok"), from Old English "stocc" meaning "tree trunk." The word "dale" is the Old English word "dael" meaning (as Agata indicated correctly) "valley." Therefore, the name Stockdale means something along the lines of "valley filled with trees (or tree trunks if you want to nitpick)."
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Thank you, I was leaning towards like a banker/shops valley and so forth.
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I was thinking stock like cattle
ergo, a valley with cattle ranchers. Can't escape that cowboy influence! *LOL*
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
ergo, a valley with cattle ranchers. Can't escape that cowboy influence! *LOL*
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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