Dalrymple
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English
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field, meadow”) + an unexplained second element.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dalrymple (countable and uncountable, plural Dalrymples)
- A village in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3614).
- A former township in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A male given name
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dalrymple is the 5116th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6843 individuals. Dalrymple is most common among White (89.61%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dalrymple”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 405.