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View Surname: Doyle


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