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Vale

The meaning, background and naming story of Vale.

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Meaning and background

The story behind Vale

Vale is an English word for a valley, especially in literary or place-name usage, and is also adopted as a given name. The family name Vale has several different sources, including place-based English or Galician histories and separate Irish forms. There is additionally a Latin farewell *valē*, but a matching spelling does not make that the English valley word's etymology. This distinction prevents several attractive but unrelated meanings from being merged.

Meaning
English noun vale: “valley”, especially in literary and geographical use. Source
Origin
English word-name based on vale, “valley”; the separate surname Vale also has other geographic and Irish roots. Source

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