Whale Family History
Whale Name Meaning
English:: nickname from Middle English whal hwal wale ‘whale’ (Old English hwæl) a term that was used to denote any large fish or marine mammal including the walrus grampus and porpoise. The nickname may refer to a rolling gait or to size and weight. variant of Wale or Wall . habitational name from Whale in Lowther (Cumbria). The placename is from Old Norse hváll meaning ‘isolated hill’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022