Dalen Family History
Dalen Name Meaning
Norwegian: from a very widespread farm name meaning ‘the valley’ the singular definite form of dal ‘valley’. Swedish (mainly Dalén): ornamental name from dal ‘valley’ + the adjectival suffix -én/-en a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. See also Dahlen . Dutch: variant of Van Dalen without the preposition van ‘from’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022