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English word origin

Etymology of Hale

* As an English surname, Old English dative form of halh (“hollow, nook”). * Also as an English surname, from Old English hæle (“hero”). Compare Hain. * As an Irish surname, from mac céile; see McHale. * As a Jewish surn

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A topographic surname from Old English. · A village and civil parish in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4682). · A hamlet in Beetham parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5078). · A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7786).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As an English surname, Old English dative form of halh (“hollow, nook”). * Also as an English surname, from Old English hæle (“hero”). Compare Hain. * As an Irish surname, from mac céile; see McHale. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Halle.

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  • Cognate mentionhæleang · hero

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