For me I think of my Uncle, Malcolm Clay Dalton who is a WWII hero. His friends and family called him “Bill” and he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross post humous for his role in Operation Tidal Wave August 1, 1943 in which 178 b-24 Liberator Bombers bombed the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania.
If it’s a name from your family, I think it would be very appropriate, If not, you could use it anyhow. It also depend on how it goes with the last name. It would sound best with a one or three syllable last name.
I remember now what was bugging me—I had the right concept, a group of guys, but wrong movie. Charlie Dalton… from Dead Poets Society. A nice, funny, rough around the edges guy who tries to be a bad boy.
It makes me think of a guy I went to junior high with. Pasty, blonde, nerdy. Not a bad guy, just very non-descript. As a name, it’s fine; that’s just my first thought.
I can’t help but think of the series Dalton’s Creek. That’s not a bad thing per se…..
Oh no, forgive me, that was Dawson’s Creek! I think the name sounds cool. It sounds like a western, cowboy type name. I like it. Doolin’ Dalton… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dzW2jzWdds
(my video is different from Zenvolo ‘s)
First I think of the chain of steak restaurants called Dalton’s. Then I think about the old west and that cowboy family (or was it a gang?) with the last name of Dalton.
Lucky Luke comics. He’s a cowboy in the Wild West, and his main enemies are the four Dalton Brothers.
Also, I haven’t seen the movie. I just like the comic books.
@Kardamom Yeah, they weren’t really cowboys, they were criminals. I have no idea if the comic figures I’m talking about are based on some actual historical criminals though. :/
Patrick Swayze played a character named Dalton in the action movie Roadhouse. Swayze was the “cooler” who worked at a tavern/pub to break up any fights that started.
Of course, the movie was more complicated than that. But in the end, Swayze kills the bad guy and gets the girl, which is what really matters :-)
@Kardamom Dalton Trumbo, was one of the Hollywood Ten. He was jailed and blacklisted for refusing to submit to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Trumbo continued writing screen plays illegally with friends lending their names to his scripts. His screenplay for The Brave One won the Oscar in 1956 and to this day is the only Oscar to have gone unclaimed.
He also wrote Spartacus. You know that scene? You know. That scene. It’s a reference to HUAC and a salute to the friends that helped Trumbo for the decades he had to do his work in secret.