Dashiell Name Meaning & Origin
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Dash, Dashie,Dash the flash
- Meanings and history of the name Dashiell
Dashiell is an Anglicized form of the old French surname de Chiel, which is of unknown meaning. The de Chiels were French Huguenots who moved to Scotland, then England, then Virginia and finally Maryland. The name changed from de Chiel to Da Chiell, to Da Shiell, to Dashiell. The name came into use as a first name because of famous American author Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), who published under the name Dashiell Hammett. Dashiel was his mother's surname; her family lived in Maryland.
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Dashiell Hammett, an American writer
Dashiell Upton, son of actress Cate Blanchett and writer Andrew Upton- Dashiell in song, story & screen
Pixar's "The Incredibles" speedy young superhero Dashiell Robert "Dash" Parr