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View Surname: Doyle


DOYLE
SOURCE: Given Name
USAGE: Irish
Meaning & History
From the Irish surname Ó Dubhghaill, which means "descendent of Dubhghall". The name Dubhghall means "dark stranger". A famous bearer was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories.



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