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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...
unisex given name, nickname, and surname. It means "small valley or glen" and comes from the
Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
word ''del''. Its feminine form, popular in the early 20th century, is '' Della''. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:


Given name or nickname


People

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Dell Alston Wendell Alston (born September 22, 1952) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, and Cleveland Indians. He attended Concordia College, where h ...
(born 1952), American baseball player *
Dell Curry Wardell Stephen Curry Sr. (born June 25, 1964) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 until 2002 and retired as the Charlotte Hornets' all-time leader in points (9,8 ...
(born 1964), American former National Basketball Association player * Dell L. Dailey (born 1949), American retired lieutenant general and government official * Dell Darling (1861–1904), American baseball player *
Dell Demps Delano Demps (born February 12, 1970) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is a front office assistant for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as an assis ...
(born 1970), American basketball player and executive *
Dell Henderson George Adelbert "Dell" Henderson (July 5, 1877 – December 2, 1956) was a Canadian-American actor, film director, director, and writer. He began his long and prolific film career in the early days of silent film. Biography Born in the southwest ...
(1877–1956), Canadian actor, director and writer *
Dell Hymes Dell Hathaway Hymes (June 7, 1927, in Portland, Oregon – November 13, 2009, in Charlottesville, Virginia) was a linguist, sociolinguist, anthropologist, and folklorist who established disciplinary foundations for the comparative, ethnographic ...
(1927–2009), American ethnographer, sociolinguist, anthropologist and folklorist *
Dell Morgan John O'Dell Morgan''COP TOPS MARINES, LEBARON, 37 TO 14'' Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1950 (February 14, 1900 – March 3, 1962) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball. He served as the head football co ...
( 1900–1962), American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball * Dell O'Dell (1902–1962), stage name of American magician Odella Newton *
Dell Pettus Dell Pettus (born June 2, 2001) is an American professional football safety for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Troy Trojans. Early life Pettus grew up in Harvest, Alabama and ...
(born 2001), American football player * Dell Raybould (1933–2023), American politician *
Dell Williams Dell Williams (née Zetlin; August 5, 1922 – March 11, 2015) was an American businesswoman and advocate of women’s liberation, sexuality, and sexual health. She was the founder (in 1974) of the first feminist sex toy business in the U.S., Eve's ...
(1922–2015), American feminist and businesswoman


Fictional characters

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Dell Parker William Parker, more commonly known as Dell Parker, is a character on the ''Grey's Anatomy'' spin-off, '' Private Practice''. He was portrayed by actor Chris Lowell and appeared from the first through third seasons. Dell was the receptionist at th ...
, in the TV series ''Private Practice'' * Dell Toledo, in '' American Horror Story: Freak Show'' * Dell Conagher, in ''
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* Tony Dell (born 1945) Australian test cricketer who played two tests in the 1970s *
Aaron Dell Aaron Dell (born May 4, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League. He most recently played with the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to th ...
(born 1989), Canadian ice hockey goaltender *
Alan Dell Alan Dell, born Alan Creighton Mandell (20 March 1924 – 18 August 1995), was a BBC radio broadcaster, associated in particular with dance band music of the 1920s, 1930s and early 1940s. Formative years Dell was born in Cape Town, South Afri ...
(1924–1995), British radio broadcaster * Allan Dell (born 1992), South African-born Scottish rugby player *
Bernard Dell Bernard Dell (born 1949) is an Australian botanist. He is a Professor Emeritus at Murdoch University, a Professor Emeritus in the Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences and is a Visiting Professor in the Chinese Academy of Forestry. Before retiring ...
(born 1949), Australian botanist * Christian Dell (1893–1974), German silversmith and designer *
Christopher Dell Christopher William Dell (born 1956) is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Angola, Zimbabwe, and Kosovo. Early life and education Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Dell moved with his family to Holmdel Township, New Jersey ...
(born 1956), American diplomat * Christopher Dell (cricketer) (born 1960), Australian former cricketer *
Claudia Dell Claudia Dell (born Claudia Dell Smith; January 10, 1909 – September 5, 1977) was an American showgirl and actress of the stage and movies. Early life Dell moved with her mother to New York City in late 1924 or early 1925 to visit Dell ...
(1910–1977), American showgirl and actress * Diana Dell (1982), Russian actress *
Dick Dell Richard Dell (born 1947) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Dell, who won a gold medal at the 1965 Summer Universiade in the men's doubles with Allen Fox, attended the University of Michigan from 1965 to 196 ...
(born 1947), American tennis player *
Donald Dell Donald L. Dell (born June 17, 1938) is an American sports attorney, writer, commentator, and former tennis player. Dell was the first sports agent in professional tennis, and represented Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl d ...
(born 1938), American tennis player *
Dorothy Dell Dorothy Dell (born Dorothy Dell Goff; January 30, 1915 – June 8, 1934) was an American film actress. She died in an auto accident at the age of 19. Early life and career Born Dorothy Dell Goff in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to entertainer ...
(1915–1934), American actress *
Edmund Dell Edmund Emanuel Dell (15 August 1921 – ) was a British politician and businessman. He was a Labour MP and minister in the 1960s and 1970s, but after leaving parliament, joined the Social Democratic Party and its eventual successor, the Libe ...
(1921–1999), British politician * Ethel M. Dell (1881–1939), British romance novelist *
Floyd Dell Floyd James Dell (June 28, 1887 – July 23, 1969) was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters ...
(1887–1969), American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright and poet *
Gabriel Dell Gabriel Dell (born Gabriel Marcel Dell Vecchio; October 8, 1919 – July 3, 1988) was an American actor and one of the members of what came to be known as the Dead End Kids, then later the East Side Kids and finally The Bowery Boys. Acting c ...
(1919–1988), American actor, one of the Dead End Kids * Gaye Dell (born 1948), Australian hurdler and children's author * Glen Dell (1962–2013), South African commercial airline trainer and aerobatics pilot *
Jimmy Dell Wing Commander James Leonard Dell OBE (23 August 1924 – 25 March 2008) was a British test pilot. He is best remembered for his involvement in the BAC TSR-2 test programme, being one of only three test pilots to fly the aircraft before the ...
(1924–2008), British test pilot * John Henry Dell (1830–1888), English landscape artist and illustrator *
Michael Dell Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965) is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies. As of May 2025, accordin ...
(born 1965), American businessman, founder and CEO of Dell, Inc. * Miriam Dell (1924–2022), New Zealand women's advocate * Peter Dell the Elder (1490–1552), German sculptor * Philip Dell, American politician in Florida from the 1820s to the 1850s and plantation owner *
Richard Dell Richard Kenneth Dell (11 July 1920 – 6 March 2002) was a New Zealand malacologist. Biography Dell was born in Auckland in 1920. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitematā Harbour. He even ...
(1920–2002), New Zealand malacologist * Roger L. Dell (1897–1966), American jurist * Salome Dell (born 1983), athlete from Papua New Guinea * Tank Dell (born 1999), American football player * Tony Dell (born 1947), Australian cricketer *
Wheezer Dell William George "Wheezer" Dell (June 11, 1886 – August 24, 1966) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1912 and 1915–1917. Dell pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Robins The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League B ...
(1886–1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher *
William Dell William Dell (c. 1607–1669) was an English clergyman, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1649 to 1660, and prominent radical Parliamentarian. Biography Dell was born at Bedfordshire, England, and was an undergraduate at Emma ...
(c. 1607–1669), English clergyman and radical Parliamentarian


See also

* Big Dell, nickname of
Wendell Sailor Wendell Jermaine Sailor (born 16 July 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union – a dual code international. In rugby league Sailor was a member of the succes ...
(born 1974), Australian rugby footballer *
Del (disambiguation) Del is a vector differential operator represented by the symbol ∇ (nabla). Del or DEL can also refer to: Mathematics * A name for the partial derivative symbol ∂ * Dynamic epistemic logic Abbreviations * DEL or Del, for Delaware, one o ...
, contains list of people with given name Del * O'Dell, a surname


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