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Whale is an English surname of unclear origin; however, it could be a derivation of Walh, a word generally used by Anglo-Saxon colonists to refer to native Britons, Romans or Celts after the Anglo-Saxon conquest of England. The Avebury stone circle, in Wiltshire, itself was referred to as waledich in the 13th century, a name still in use, as walldich, as late as 1696. Waledich literally means ‘ditch of the wealas’.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Avebury Concise History )〕 According to the 1841 census of England, there are three main pockets of the surname; Avebury in Wiltshire, Southampton in Hampshire, and Dudley, then in Worcestershire. People with the surname include: * George Whale (1842–1910), English locomotive engineer * James Whale (1889-1957), English film director, theatre director and actor * James Whale (radio) (born 1951), English broadcaster for radio and television * Robert R. Whale (1805–1887), English/Canadian painter ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whale (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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