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The dahling Surname

dahling Name Meaning and History

  1. Norwegian: from a farm name Daling, composed of the elements dal ‘valley’ + eng ‘meadow’.
  2. Possibly also Swedish: ornamental form of dal ‘valley’ with the suffix -ing.
  3. German (Dähling): topographic name for someone who lived in a valley (see Dahl), or habitational name for someone from a place named with this word.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of dahling Families in the US in 1920
Number of dahling families
 9-16
 4-8
 1-3
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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