Dooley
See also: dooley
English
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Etymology
[edit]Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhlaoich (“descendant of Dubhlaoch”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + laoch (“hero”).
Proper noun
[edit]Dooley (countable and uncountable, plural Dooleys)
- A surname from Irish.
- A ghost town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dooley is the 1527th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23481 individuals. Dooley is most common among White (87.82%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dooley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 479.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
- en:Ghost towns in Montana, USA
- en:Places in Montana, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Virginia, USA