as a Last Name
- 18,255
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Dowling
Meaning & Origins
English: nickname for a stupid person, Middle English dolling, a derivative of Old English dol ‘dull’, ‘stupid’ (see Doll).
| 2,017th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,255
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Dowling per capita
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