Hale.
A topographic surname from Old English.
Meaning & usage
A topographic surname from Old English.
A place name: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4682).
A place name: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Beetham parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5078).
A place name: A number of places in England: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7786).
A place name: A number of places in England: A small village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1818).
A place name: A number of places in England: A hamlet south of Gillingham, Medway borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7765).
A place name: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Cucklington parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7527).
A place name: A number of places in England: A suburban village in the north of Farnham parish, Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8448).
A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Yuma County, Colorado.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jones County, Iowa.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Chautauqua County, Kansas.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Plainfield Township, Iosco County, Michigan.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A neighbourhood in southern Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Carroll County, Missouri.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Carbon County, Utah.
A place name: A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
A place name: A locality on the Algoma Central Railway, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
A place name: A town in Korogwe District, eastern Tanzania.
A place name: A locality in the south of the Northern Territory, Australia, named after the Hale River.
Where this word comes from
* As an English surname, Old English dative form of halh (“hollow, nook”). * Also as an English surname, from Old English hæle (“hero”). Compare Hain. * As an Irish surname, from mac céile; see McHale. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Halle.
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