Dashiell Explained

Dashiell is both a male given name and a surname.

People

Notable people with the name include:

First name

• Dashiell Eaves (born 1974), American actor
• Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), American author
• Dashiell Mihok (born 1974), American actor

Middle name

• George Dashiell Bayard (1835–1862), United States Army general
• Robert Laurenson Dashiell Davidson (1909–1998), American philatelist
• Isaac Dashiell Jones (1806–1893), American politician in Maryland

Last name

• Aaron Dashiell (21st century), American football safety
• Doug Dashiell (1905–1975), American football coach
• John Dashiell (1888–1975), American psychologist
• Margaret May Dashiell (1867–1958), American artist and writer
• Paul Dashiell (1867–1937), American football coach, brother of Robert
• Robert B. Dashiell (1860–1899), American naval officer and ordnance expert, brother of Paul
• Russell DaShiell (born 1947), American guitarist
• Wally Dashiell (1902–1972), American baseball shortstop
• William Robert Dashiell (1863–1939), American military officer

Fictional characters

• Dashiell Gibson, main character of the book series Moon Base Alpha by Stuart Gibbs
• Dashiell Robert Parr, character from The Incredibles
• Dashiell "Dash" Arkadin, one of the three “Precogs” from Minority Report (film)
• Dashiell Qwerty, character in Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snikett
• Dashiell Montgomery, character in the HBO Max show The Gilded Age

Other uses

• Jeremiah Dashiell House, a historic building in San Antonio, Texas, named for Jeremiah Yellott Dashiell (1804–1888)
• USS Dashiell (DD-659), a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Robert B. Dashiell (1860–1899)

See also

• • Shiell