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The doyle Surname

doyle Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhghaill ‘descendant of Dubhghall’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + gall ‘stranger’. This was used as a byname for Scandinavians, in particular to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians. Compare McDougall, McDowell.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of doyle Families in the US in 1920
Number of doyle families
 1227-2452
 410-1226		 1-409
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