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dial Name Meaning and History

  1. English: of uncertain origin; possibly an altered form of Irish Doyle. Compare Dyal.
  2. Name found among people of Indian origin in Guyana and Trinidad: altered spelling of Dayal. This spelling is found in Indian names occasionally when -dial is the final element of a compound personal name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Top Places of Origin for dial
Place of
Origin		dial Immigrants
Ireland2
Syrien1
Scotland1
Ottoman1
Holland1
France1
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the New York Passenger Lists.

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