Dal is a male given name, surname, and nickname.
In the Balkans, Dal has recently become one of the most popular
[https://radiosarajevo.ba/metromahala/teme/ovo-je-spisak-najpopularnijih-imena-u-sarajevu-u-2023-godini/533156] names for newborn males among
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...
in the former
Yugoslav nations. The name is the male version of the popular female name
Dalia. In
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...
, Dal/Dalia translates to
dahlia
''Dahlia'' ( , ) is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. Dahlias are members of the Asteraceae (synonym name: Compositae) family of dicotyledonous plants, its relatives include the sun ...
(a type of flower). The name gained popularity around the same time as the male-given name
Mak, which translates to
poppy
A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, '' Papaver somniferum'', is the source of the narcotic drug ...
(another type of flower).
Dal is also popular in Asian countries, specifically
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
.
Given name
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Dal Bahadur (), Indian politician
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Dal Bahadur Gurung (1922–1992), Nepalese person mistaken for an imaginary character
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Dal Bahadur Rana (), Nepalese politician
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Dal Bahadur Sunar (born 1959), Nepalese politician
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Dal Collins (1907–2001), South African cricket umpire
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Dal Joon Lee (1939–2010), American table tennis player
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Dal Mardan Shah (r. 1764-1765), Nepalese king of the Malla state of Patan
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Dal Millington Lemmon (1887–1958), American judge
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Dal Shealy (born 1938), American football player
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Dal Singh (politician) (1915–1991), Indian politician
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Dal Singh Thapa, Nepalese Congress leader imprisoned for a 1961 assassination attempt
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Dal Varešanović (born 2001), Bosnian footballer
Surname
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Nedim Dal (Edin Delić, born 1975), Bosnian-born Turkish basketball player
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Oleg Dal (1941–1981), Soviet actor
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Vladimir Dal
Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (, ; 22 November 1801 – 4 October 1872) was a Russians, Russian Lexicography, lexicographer, Multilingualism, speaker of many languages, Turkology, Turkologist, and founding member of the Russian Geographical Society. Du ...
(1801–1872), Russian lexicographer
Nickname
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Dal Dozzi (1936–2012), Australian rules footballer Adelio Paul Dozzi
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Dal Maxvill (born 1939), American baseball player Charles Dallan Maxvill
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Dal Stivens (1911–1997), Australian writer Dallas George Stivens
References
{{given name, type=both
Bosnian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Nepalese given names
Turkish-language surnames