Släkthistoria för Whelpdale
Whelpdale Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps from a lost place in Liddesdale (Cumb) recorded as Quelpedal in 1275. The place-name probably derives from Old Scandinavian hvelpr ‘whelp cub’ + dalr ‘valley’.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
