HALE

HALE. 1. Healthy, stout. A-Sax. hle, a brave man, chief, or hero. 2. The name of many localities in various parts of England, particularly in cos. Chester, Cumberland, Kent, Lancaster, Northampton, Hants, and Lincoln. 3. A hall. The Ibrms in the H.R. generally relate to this meaning, as De la Hale, En la Hale, In the Hale, &c.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.