Doyle

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔɪl/

Proper noun

Doyle

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 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^[1], archived from the original on 22 March 2025:

     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.

2. A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.

Derived terms

• Castle Doyle
• Doyles River
• Doylestown
• Doylist

See also

• Stoke Doyle

Noun

Doyle (plural Doyles)

1. (Teesside) An idiot.

Anagrams

• Doyel, odyle, yodel, yodle

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Doyle.

Proper noun

Doyle

1. a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname]