Dalmau

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Dalmau

Say it: dal-MOW

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Meaning

From Latin Dalmatius 'Dalmatian, from Dalmatia'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Catalan

The family of the name

Spanish	Dalmacio

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Where this comes from

Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters

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