as a Last Name
- 16,052
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Dowling
Meaning & Origins
English: nickname for a stupid person, Middle English dolling, a derivative of Old English dol ‘dull’, ‘stupid’ (see Doll).
| 1,962nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,052
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Dowling per capita
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