# Dalrymple (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dalrymple/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,843 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,116 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,118 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (6,674 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dælˈɹɪmpəl/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field, meadow”) + an unexplained second element.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dalrymple in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dalrymple in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Dalrymple

- William Dalrymple, author and historian (born 1965)
- Jack Dalrymple, 32nd Governor of North Dakota
- John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, British diplomat (1673-1747)
- Abner Dalrymple, American baseball player (1857-1939)
- Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of High Mark, British Army general (1750-1830)

## Similar surnames

Delorenzo, Dilorenzo, Delorme.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.