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Ladale
How to Pronounce Ladale
Pronounced luh-DALE /ləˈdeɪl/Medium
Meaning: Ladale is a modern American coinage that attaches the popular decorative prefix La- to the name Dale, an English word for 'valley.' Through Dale it carries the sense of the valley; the La- adds rhythm rather than meaning.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Ladale is a coined name that pairs the ornamental prefix La- with Dale, an Old English word for 'valley.' Names built this way were popular in African-American families through the mid and late twentieth century. It stayed rare, cresting at only about fifteen boys a year in the mid-1970s before fading.
A Ladale from its peak would be around fifty today. Its brisk two-beat sound sits beside Ladell, Lavelle, and Dale itself - the La- coinages and short valley names of its cohort - and it reads as of-its-era. It pairs cleanly with a plain Dale in the family.
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What does the name Ladale mean?
Ladale carries the sense of Dale, 'valley,' with a decorative La- prefix added for rhythm.
How do you pronounce Ladale?
It is said luh-DALE, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Ladale a boy or a girl name?
Ladale is a boy's name.
Is Ladale a popular name?
No. Ladale has always been rare, reaching its modest best in the mid nineteen-seventies.