Doyle

D2O1Y4L1E1
/dɔɪl/

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Dubhghaill →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from Irish.
    1 more example

    But if you really insist she'll retell the unfortunate case of a man named Sean Doyle. […] According to Dr Melinek, Doyle was a bartender in the Big Apple who'd been out drinking with his friend Michael Wright and Wright’s girlfriend on a fateful night back in 2002. It's thought that Wright had believed Doyle was hitting on his girlfriend and the pair got into an argument.

    2025 February 8, Brenna Cooper, “Medical examiner reveals worst death she has seen is the case of man who was thrown down a manhole into boiling water”, in LADBible, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2025
  2. A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.
nounDoyle (plural Doyles)

plural Doyles

  1. TeessideAn idiot.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Dubhghaill“descendant of Dougal”
  2. EnglishDoyle

From Irish Ó Dubhghaill (“descendant of Dougal”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Doyle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doyle

MLA

“Doyle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doyle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Doyle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Doyle.

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