HALL Surname Meaning & Origin:
1) A place name derived from various words for "large house," usually used to signify someone who lived in or worked in a hall or manor house.
2) From the Norse hale and Anglo-Saxon haele, meaning "hero."
3) Possibly an old Norse word for "boulder, slope," thus meaning someone who lived on a slope.
4) Possibly from the Norwegian hallr, meaning "flint."
Hall is the 26th most popular surname in the United States and the 20th most common in England.
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Some Early HALL Ancestors:
- William Hall - born c. 1710 in England; settled in Franklin Co., Va.
- Richard Hall - Quaker, born abt. 1670, of Maryland
Famous People with the Surname HALL:
- Lloyd Augustus Hall - Chemist and inventor
- Donald Hall - poet
- Charles Martin Hall - inventor of the aluminum manufacturing process
- Joyce Hall - founder of Hallmark Cards
Genealogy Resources for the Surname HALL:
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FamilySearch - HALL Genealogy
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HALL Surname & Family Mailing Lists
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References: Surname Meanings & Origins
Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1967.
Menk, Lars. A Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames. Avotaynu, 2005.
Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia. Avotaynu, 2004.
Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1989.
Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Smith, Elsdon C. American Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997.
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