Dallin

Dallin is a medieval surname of Low German/Westphalia origin, a variation of Dahl. The suffix -lin denotes the namebearer's locale or occupation. Unlike some of the other Dahl variants, Dallin is uncommon to Scandinavian countries.[1] Dallin is also uncommon as a given name.

Dahlin
Other names
Variant form(s)Dahl, Dahlen, Dahlem, Dallen, Dahlin, Dahlstrom

People with the surname include:

  • Sara Dallin (born 1961), British singer and songwriter from the pop group Bananarama
  • Alexander Dallin (19242000), American professor at Columbia and Stanford universities (son of David Dallin)
  • David Dallin (18891962), American expert on Soviet affairs (father of Alexander Dallin, husband of Lilia Estrin Dallin)
  • Lilia Estrin Dallin (18981981) (a.k.a. Lola Estrin, Paulsen, Lilya Ginzberg), Russian Trotskyist (second wife of David Dallin)
  • Cyrus Edwin Dallin (18611944), American sculptor and Olympic archer

People with the given name include:

References

  1. "Dallin Family Crest and Name History". houseofnames.com. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
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