Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
DALRYMPLE
There are approximately 2,215 people named Dalrymple in the UK. That makes it the 4,139th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 35 are named Dalrymple.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Scotland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Location or Geographical Feature
Related and similar surnames
DahlrympleDallrymple
Dalrimple
Dallrimple
Dallrympell
Dalerymple
Dalarymple
Dalrimpil
Dalrimpel
Dalrimpal
Dalrmple
Dallyrymple
Dalhrymple
Dalrimpill
Dalrimpell
Dalrimpeal
Dallrimpell
Dalreymple
Dalirimple
Daleyrimple
The Dalrymple surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Local) Taken from the lands and barony of Dalrymple, in Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is said to be a corruption of the Gaelic Dale-roi-milleadh, which signifies "the valley of the slaughter of kings," and the place was so called from a battle fought there before the Christian era, in which two kings, Fergus and Coilus, were slain. According to others, it signifies "the valley of the crooked pool." I think the name signifies "the valley on the margin of the pool," from the Welsh Dol, a valley; rhim, the edge or border, and pwll, a pool. It is very nearly the same in Gaelic; Dail, a vale, troimh, by, along the whole extent, and poll, a small lake.