Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Dalton
/DAWL · ton/
Meaning
“Settlement in the valley”
Old English surname meaning settlement in the valley, from dael plus tun. Transferred to given name use in the 19th century, common in the American South.
Nicknames
dal
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Solid but potentially peaking; surname-names of this type may feel dated by the 2030s.
The cultural moment.
Rising in the US through the 2000s and 2010s, particularly in Southern states.