as a First Name
Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the Irish surname, Anglicized form of Ó Dubhghaill ‘descendant of Dubhghall’, from dubh ‘black’, ‘dark’ + gall ‘stranger’ (compare Dougal). This was used as a byname for Scandinavians, in particular to distinguish the darker‐haired Danes from fair‐haired Norwegians.
| 1,132nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 26,563
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 26,642
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Doyle per capita
- 1931
- marked the height of its popularity
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