dell/dɛl/EtymologyFrom Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“below, down; valley, pit”), Welsh dôl (“meadow, dale”) and English dale.dell means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 75 out of 100.dell is pronounced /dɛl/.nameA surname.A number of places in the United States:; A town in Mississippi County, Arkansas.A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Faribault County, Minnesota.A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Benton County, Missouri.A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Beaverhead County, Montana.nounA small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.“To this day they dwell In a lonely dell.”A young woman; a wench.“Sweet doxies and dells”1896, John Stephen Farmer, editor, Musa Pedestris: Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes (1536-1896), page -111896, John Stephen Farmer, editor, Musa Pedestris: Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes (1536-1896), page -11: A Dell is a yonge wenche, able for generation, and not yet knowen or broken by the vpright man.; A Dell is a yonge wenche, able for generation, and not yet knowen or broken by the vpright man.