Finnish: from laakso ‘valley’, generally an ornamental name adopted during the name conversion movement of the 19th
and early 20th centuries. Often, it was adopted by Finnish bearers of
Swedish names containing the Swedish element dal
‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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