as a Last Name
- 2,491
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Doctor
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: according to Black, an hereditary occupational name for a physician, from Latin doctor ‘teacher’, but possibly in some cases it may have the same origin as Daughters.
| 10,970th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,491
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Doctor per capita
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