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Re: surname
Looks Irish to me.
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Hi Jess,
Dalrymple is a Scottish surname meaning "from the land of the steam"
Best regards,
Judith
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The surname DALRYMPLE is treated in “A Dictionary of Surnames” by Mark Antony Lower, published 1988, page 81 (first published in 1860 as “A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom”).

The author adds this comment : "This renowned family, which has probably produced more eminent men than any other in Scotland, was not ennobled until the XVII century . . ."

The author does not mention, for some reason, the choice of this noble surname for the fictional head of NBC-TV in the late television show "Seinfeld."

Reg Niles
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