Hall

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

    1. A British and Scandinavian topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in or near a hall.

    2. A surname from German for someone associated with a salt mine.

    3. An Anglo-Norman surname.

  2. A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.
  3. A number of places in the United States:

    1. Former name of Las Lomas, a CDP in California.

    2. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.

    3. An unincorporated community in Granite County, Montana.

    4. A hamlet and census-designated place in Ontario County, New York.

    5. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Washington.

    6. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.

  4. A village in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Origin

* As an English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish surname: all from the noun hall. The name was likely reinforced by similar sounding words such as Swedish häll (“rock slab”). * As a Chinese surname, variant Romanization of 何, 賀 /贺 (hè), see He. ** (locomotive): The locomotives were named after English and Welsh country houses with 'Hall' in their titles. ** (British and Scandinavian surnames): From the buildings, halls

Forms

Halls

Derived

County of Hall Golabi-Ito-Hall syndrome Hall coefficient Hall County Hall effect Hallian Hallian graph Hall-Petch equation Halls Creek Halls Flat spin Hall effect

Noun

  1. Hall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.

Forms

Halls

Related

Hall in Tirol Halls