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dole Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from Middle English dole ‘portion of land’ (Old English dal ‘share’, ‘portion’). The term could denote land within the common field, a boundary mark, or a unit of area; so the name may be of topographic origin or a status name.
  2. Irish: reduced and altered Anglicized form of McDowell. Compare McDole.
  3. French (Dolé): nickname for a troubled or anxious person, from Old French dolé, past participle of doler ‘to regret’ (Latin dolere ‘to hurt’).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of dole Families in the US in 1920
Number of dole families
 51-100
 18-50		 1-17
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