Dalziel, Dalzell or Dalyell ( ) is a

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Pronunciation

The unintuitive spelling of the name is due to it being an

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of Scottish Gaelic ''Dail-gheal'', meaning bright dale. The sound now spelled with a or is historically a lenited slender , which in Gaelic is pronounced (like English ). The English/ Scots form of the name was originally spelled with a

yogh The letter yogh (ȝogh) ( ; Scots: ; Middle English: ) was used in Middle English and Older Scots, representing ''y'' () and various velar phonemes. It was derived from the Insular form of the letter ''g''. In Middle English writing, tailed z ...

() as ''Dalȝiel''; this was later replaced with either a , the letter of the modern alphabet which most looks like yogh, or a , which more closely represents the sound.

History

The name originates from the former

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of Dalzell in Lanarkshire, in the area now occupied by

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

. The name Dalzell is first recorded in 1259, and Thomas de Dalzell fought at Bannockburn. The Dalzell lands were forfeited later in the 14th century, but regained through marriage in the 15th. Sir Robert Dalzell was created Lord Dalzell in 1628, and his son was further elevated in the

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as Earl of Carnwath, in 1639. In 1645 the Dalzell estates were sold to the Hamiltons of Orbiston, who held them until the 20th century. Scottish emigration has dispersed the Dalziel family across the English-speaking world. The Dalziel coat of arms is ''

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, a man's body proper'', i.e. the flesh-coloured silhouette of a man against a black background. The origin of this peculiar arms was written about by Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, in 1764:

People

People with this surname include:

Dalyell

* Dalyell baronets * Sir John Graham Dalyell (1775–1851), Scottish antiquary and naturalist * Tam Dalyell of the Binns (1615–1685), Scottish General, also spelled Dalzell or Dalziel * Tam Dalyell (1932–2017), British Labour politician * Elsie Dalyell (1881–1948), Australian pathologist

Dalzell

* John Dalzell (1845–1927), U.S. Representative * Rick Dalzell (born 1957), American businessman * Samuel ‘Sammy’ Dalzell (1933-1977), Olympic Athlete (Northern Ireland) *

Stewart Dalzell Stewart Richard Dalzell (September 18, 1943 – February 18, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and early career Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Dalz ...

(1943-2019), American judge

Dalziel

Bobby Dalziel Robert Dalziel was a Scottish amateur football inside left who made over 110 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He also played for Third Lanark and Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA ...

, Scottish footballer *

Brothers Dalziel The Brothers Dalziel (pronounced ) was a prolific wood-engraving business in Victorian London, founded in 1839 by George Dalziel. The Dalziel family In 1840, George (1 December 1815 – 4 August 1902) was joined in the business by his brother E ...

, a firm of Victorian engravers founded in 1839 by George and Edward Dalziel, and assisted by John and Thomas Dalziel (see below) *

Charles Dalziel Charles Dalziel (1904–1986) was a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley. According to volume 54 of UCB's Blue and Gold, Dalziel graduated with a Mechanics degree in 1927 and was from Santa Maria, CA. He was a mem ...

(1904–1986), American professor of engineering *

Dale Dalziel Dale A. Dalziel is a former Canadian-American curler, and a 1971 United States men's curling champion. While residing in Canada, Dalziel qualified for his lone Brier in 1958, playing lead for the Tony Gutoski rink. Dalziel was 19 years old a ...

, American curler * Davison Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Wooler (1852–1928), Scottish businessman and Conservative politician * Diana Vreeland (1903–1989), born Diana Dalziel, noted fashion magazine editor * Gordon Dalziel (born 1962), former Scottish footballer and manager *

Henry Dalziel Henry Dalziel, VC (18 February 1893 – 24 July 1965) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was awarded the ...

(1893–1965), Australian war hero * Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy (1868–1935), Scottish Liberal politician *

Ian Dalziel Ian Martin Dalziel (pronounced "Dee-ell") (born 21 June 1947) is a British businessman and politician who served one term as a Conservative Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984. Dalziel was educated at Daniel Stewart's College i ...

(born 1947), British businessman and politician *

John Dalziel John Dalziel is a Forwards Coach for Scotland. He was previously Head Coach of the Scotland 7s team. He began coaching while at Melrose, and went on have coaching roles with Scotland U20, London Scottish and Glasgow Warriors. As a player he ...

, Scottish rugby union coach *

Kathleen Dalziel Kathleen Dalziel (1881-1969) was an Australian writer who was born in Durban, Colony of Natal The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government ha ...

(1881–1969), Australian poet *

Keith Dalziel Professor Keith Dalziel F.R.S. (24 August 1921 – 7 January 1994) was a British biochemist. Life Dalziel was born in Salford, the youngest of four children of Gilbert and Edith Dalziel. His father, born in Dumfries, Scotland, worked as ...

(1921–1994), Biochemist and Fellow of The Royal Society *

Lianne Dalziel Lianne Audrey Dalziel (; born 7 June 1960) is a New Zealand politician and former Mayor of Christchurch. Prior to this position, she was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 23 years, serving as Minister of Immigration, Commerce, Minister ...

(born 1960), Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand *

Margaret Dalziel Edith Margaret Dalziel (21 November 1916 – 5 May 2003) was an English literature scholar at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. She was the first female Pro-Vice Chancellor of the university. Biography Dalziel was born in Rangiora ...

, academic at the University of Otago, New Zealand *

Raewyn Dalziel Raewyn Mary Dalziel is a New Zealand historian specialising in New Zealand social history. Career Dalziel was Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Auckland from 1999 to 2009. She is an emeritus professor of history at the university ...

, New Zealand historian *

Ryan Dalziel Ryan Dalziel ( ; born 12 April 1982), is a Scottish professional racing driver. Dalziel has seen the most success in his career in the United States, racing in the American Le Mans Series GT1 class and the Champ Car World Series, and winning t ...

(born 1982), British racing driver *

Stuart Dalziel Stuart Bruce Dalziel is a British and New Zealand fluid dynamicist. He is currently based at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge, where he has directed the GKB Laboratory since 1997. He wa ...

(born 1963), British and New Zealand fluid dynamicist *

Thomas Dalziel Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel (1823–1906) was an English engraver known chiefly for his illustrations of the work of Charles Dickens. Biography Thomas Dalziel was the youngest of The Brothers Dalziel, a prolific wood-engraving ...

(1823–1906), engraver

Fictional people

* Andrew Dalziel, fictitious detective in literature and television, part of the team Dalziel and Pascoe created by Reginald Hill. * Royce Varisey, tenth Duke of Wolverstone went by the codename 'Dalziel' (his mother's family name) throughout the Napoleonic Wars in the Bastion Club series of romance novels by

Stephanie Laurens Stephanie Laurens (born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka), is a best-selling Australian author of romance novels. Biography Stephanie Laurens was born on 14 August 1953 in Sri Lanka. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, where she was rai ...

. * The would-be heroic Willie Dalzel, a boy of about six or eight and friend to Jimmie Trescott, is a minor character in Stephen Crane's novella, The Monster (1898). * Clay Dalzell, lawyer/detective played by William Powell in the movie, "Star of Midnight" (1936), based upon the novel by Arthur Roche.

People with the given name

Dalziel Hammick Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (8 March 1887 in West Norwood, London, England – 17 October 1966) was an English research chemist. His major work was in synthetic organic chemistry. Along with Walter Illingworth he pro ...

(1887–1966), British chemist

Other uses

still contains Dalziel Parish, a congregation of the Church of Scotland, as well as the Dalzell Steelworks, now owned by Liberty House. The estate of

Dalziel House Dalzell House ( ) is a historic house in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located to the south of the town, on the north bank of the River Clyde. At its core is a 15th-century tower house, with extensive additions built during th ...

, the former home of the

Baron Hamilton of Dalzell Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, in the County of Lanark, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1886 for the Liberal politician John Hamilton. He had previously represented Falkirk and Lanarkshire South in the House of Co ...

, is now a country park on the south side of the town. Dalziel Rugby Club play at Dalziel Park in nearby Carfin. The name is also used by several Motherwell-based institutions, including

Dalziel High School Dalziel High School is a non-denominational secondary school in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The head teacher is Jaclyn Martin. Overview Dalziel High School was founded in 1898. James K. Scobbie, Rector from 1957 until 1974, greatly ...

and the former Dalziel Co-operative Society. Dalziel Park Stadium was a nineteenth-century football stadium that was the home of the town's football team Motherwell F.C.

References

External links

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