Doyle as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Doyle

What is the meaning of the name Doyle ?

The baby name Doyle is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /dɔɪl/ (DOYL).

Doyle is Irish in Origin.

Doyle is an Irish surname-turned-given name, an Anglicized form of Ó Dubhghaill, meaning “descendant of Dubhghall.” The personal name Dubhghall combines dubh (“black, dark”) and gall (“foreigner, stranger”), an epithet applied to Viking settlers - often the Danes - in medieval Ireland, contrasted with Fionnghall (“fair foreigner”). As a given name, Doyle therefore carries the sense of “dark foreigner.”

Long established as a prominent surname in Leinster - especially Wexford and Wicklow - Doyle migrated into first-name use in Ireland and the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in step with the fashion for surnames as forenames. Notable bearers include poker legend Doyle Brunson and bluegrass musician Doyle Lawson; the surname’s cultural profile was heightened by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Variants and related forms include the Gaelic Dubhghall and its Scottish Anglicizations Dougal/Dougall; surname spellings Doyal and Doyel also occur.