Dallas (name)

Dallas is a surname of Scottish and English origin, as well as a given name. When of Scottish origin the name is a habitational name, derived from Dallas near Forres. This place-name is likely derived from the British dol "meadow" + gwas "dwelling" (compare Gaelic dail + fas). This name also appears in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. When of English origin the name is a habitational name, derived from the Old English dæl, or Old Norse dalr "valley" + hus "house". An example of such a derivation is Dalehouse in North Yorkshire. The name can also be a topographic name, derived in the same fashion.

Surname
The surname, when of Scottish origin, is considered by some to be a sept of Clan Mackintosh.


 * Alexander Grant Dallas (1816–1882), Canadian fur trader and official
 * Alexander J. Dallas (statesman) (1759–1817), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President James Madison; father of George Mifflin Dallas
 * Alexander J. Dallas (United States Navy officer) (1791–1844), U.S. Navy officer; brother of George M. Dallas
 * Chad Dallas (born 2000), American baseball player
 * Darcy Dallas (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
 * DeeJay Dallas (born 1998), American football player
 * DeVan Dallas (1926–2016), American politician
 * Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1828–1879), Scottish journalist
 * George M. Dallas (1792–1864), 11th Vice President of the United States of America (1845–1849)
 * Hugh Dallas (born 1957), former Scottish football (soccer) referee
 * Ian Dallas (Abdalqadir as-Sufi) (1930–2021), Scottish author and Muslim convert
 * Irene Dallas (1883–1971) and Hilda Dallas (1878–1958) were British suffragette sisters
 * John Dallas (1878–1942), Scottish rugby union player and referee
 * Josh Dallas (born 1978), American actor
 * Karl Dallas (1931–2016), British writer, musician, and activist
 * Leroy Dallas (1909–1967), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
 * Matt Dallas (born 1982), American actor
 * Robert Dallas (1756–1824), British judge
 * Roderic Dallas (1891–1918), Australian fighter ace
 * Rosalind Dallas (1949–2015), British graphic designer
 * Sandra Dallas, American author
 * Stuart Dallas (born 1991), Northern Ireland soccer player
 * William Sweetland Dallas, British zoologist and curator
 * Winifred Dallas-Yorke (1863–1954), Duchess of Portland

Given name

 * Dallas, a former ring name of professional wrestler Lance Hoyt (born 1977)
 * Dallas Adams (1947–1991), actor
 * Dallas Austin (born 1970), American songwriter, producer and instrumentalist
 * Dallas Braden (born 1983), professional American baseball player
 * Dallas Frederick Burrows, birth name of Orson Bean (1928–2020), American actor
 * Dallas Campbell (born 1970), British television presenter
 * Dallas Clark (born 1979), professional American football player
 * Dallas Comegys (born 1964), former professional basketball player
 * Ryan Dallas Cook (1982–2005), ska trombonist
 * Dallas Drake (born 1969), pro ice hockey player
 * Dallas Frazier (1939–2022), American country musician and songwriter
 * Dallas Goedert (born 1995), American football player
 * Dallas Green (1934–2017), pro baseball player, manager and executive
 * Dallas Green (born 1980), guitarist, singer and pianist of Alexisonfire and City and Colour
 * Dallas T. Herndon (1878–1953), American author and historian
 * Bryce Dallas Howard (born 1981), actress
 * Dallas Johnson (born 1982), Australian rugby league player
 * Dallas Keuchel (born 1988), American baseball player
 * Dallas Long (born 1940), Olympic champion shotputter
 * Dallas McKennon (1919–2009), American actor
 * Dallas Moir (born 1957), Scottish cricketer
 * Diamond Dallas Page (born 1956), American professional wrestler
 * Dallas Reid (born 1993), American voice actor
 * Dallas Reynolds (born 1984), American football player
 * Dallas Seavey (born 1987), Iditarod musher
 * Dallas Smith (born 1941), former pro ice hockey player
 * Dallas Smith (born 1977), singer for the Canadian band Default
 * Dallas Soonias (born 1984), Canadian volleyball player
 * Dallas Taylor (1948–2015), an American session drummer
 * Dallas Taylor (born 1980), vocalist for the band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
 * Dallas Turner (born 2003), American football player
 * Dallas Thomas (born 1989), American football player
 * Dallas Wiens (born 1985), the first United States recipient of a full face transplant
 * Dallas Willard (1935–2013), an American Christian philosopher
 * Dallas Woods, an Indigenous Australian rapper

Fictional characters named Dallas

 * Korben Dallas, ex-soldier and unlikely hero cab-driver played by Bruce Willis in the movie The Fifth Element, set in the 23rd century
 * Stella Dallas, title character of a 1923 novel and numerous subsequent theatrical, radio, and film versions
 * Steve Dallas, a character in the American comic strips of Berke Breathed, most famously Bloom County
 * Larry Dallas, Jack Tripper's best friend from the ABC sitcom Three's Company (1977–1984)
 * Dallas, a character in the 1979 film Alien, captain of the starship Nostromo, played by Tom Skerritt
 * Eve Dallas, the lead character in J.D. Robb's in Death series of mysteries
 * Mike Dallas, fictional character in Degrassi
 * Dallas, a minor character in the 2001 science fiction horror film Jason X, played by Todd Farmer
 * Dallas, recurring character in Austin & Ally
 * Dallas Genoard, a character from the light novels and anime series Baccano!
 * Dallas, a skilled criminal and one of the four playable characters in Payday: The Heist
 * Dallas, a prostitute with a heart of gold, played by Claire Trevor in the 1939 film Stagecoach
 * Dallas Winston, played by Matt Dillon, a “greaser punk” who “stays gold” in the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola film The Outsiders See also: Dallas Winston, a character in S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders
 * Dallas Winston, played by Matt Dillon, a “greaser punk” who “stays gold” in the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola film The Outsiders See also: Dallas Winston, a character in S. E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders