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Surname Etymology and Meaning of HALLE

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. German: variant of Hall.
2. French (also Hallé): topographic name from Old French halle, ‘covered market’, from halla ‘covered room’.
3. Dutch and Belgian (van Halle): habitational name from places in Belgium named Halle (Brabant, Antwerp), Hal in North Brabant, or Hall and Halle in Gelderland.
4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from the city of Halle, in Saxony, Germany.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)