Given name & surname

Dalrymple

“field, meadow”

Dalrymple is a masculine given name from Scottish Gaelic, meaning “field, meadow.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dalrymple means “field, meadow.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Dalrymple comes from Scottish Gaelic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field, meadow”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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