Re: Origins of the name Dalziel.
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Origins of the name Dalziel.
1/15/02
Dail ghil is Gaelic for "white meadow", from which comes the name of the lands of Dalzell, and of Hugh de Dalzell, Sheriff of Lanark in 1288. Since 1259, over two hundred different forms of the name have been recorded, including the abbreviation "D.L.", which approximates to its proper pronunciation.
This is probably the true origin .