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This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword valley.
usage
meaning
Blumenthal German, Jewish
Derived from German Blumen "flowers" and Thal "valley".
Combs English
Variant of Coombs.
Coombs English
From Old English cumb meaning "valley", the name of several places in England.
Daalmans Dutch
Originally indicated a person who lived in a valley, from Dutch dal meaning "dale, valley" and man meaning "man".
Dahl Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) who is mostly remembered for children's stories such as Matilda and Henry Sugar.
Dahlberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and berg meaning "mountain".
Dahlman Swedish
From Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".
Dale English
From Old English dæl meaning "valley", originally indicating a person who lived there.
Dalgaard Danish
From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley" and garðr meaning "yard, farmstead".
Dallas 1 English
From Old English dæl meaning "valley" and hus meaning "house".
Dalton English
Derived from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was the English chemist and physicist John Dalton (1766-1844).
Dean 1 English
Derived from Middle English dene meaning "valley".
Denman English
From Middle English dene "valley" combined with man.
Duval French
Means "from the valley" in French.
Fairclough English
From a place name meaning "fair ravine, fair cliff" in Old English.
Gill English
Originally indicated someone who lived near a ravine, from Middle English gil (of Old Norse origin).
Glen Scottish
Variant of Glenn.
Glenn Scottish, English
From place names derived from Gaelic gleann "valley". A famous bearer was the American astronaut John Glenn (1921-2016).
Glynn Welsh, Cornish
Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Welsh glyn and Cornish glin, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.
Hayden 1 English
From place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill".
Hope English
Derived from Middle English hop meaning "small valley".
Kamiya Japanese
From Japanese (kami) meaning "god" and (ya) meaning "valley".
Kumagai Japanese
From Japanese (kuma) meaning "bear" and (gai) meaning "valley".
Laaksonen Finnish
Derived from Finnish laakso meaning "valley".
Mizutani Japanese
From Japanese (mizu) meaning "water" and (tani) meaning "valley".
Nishitani Japanese
From Japanese 西 (nishi) meaning "west" and (tani) meaning "valley".
Ogden English
From a place name derived from Old English ac "oak" and denu "valley".
Shibuya Japanese
From Japanese (shibu) meaning "astringent, rough" and (ya) meaning "valley".
Slade English
Derived from Old English slæd meaning "valley".
Stendahl Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish sten (Old Norse steinn) meaning "stone" and dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "valley".
Tani Japanese
From Japanese (tani) meaning "valley".
Taniguchi Japanese
From Japanese (tani) meaning "valley" and (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Vale Portuguese
Means "valley" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin vallis.
Van Dalen Dutch
Means "from the valley", from Old Dutch dal meaning "valley".