Given name & surname
Doane
“from the rolling hills”
Doane is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the rolling hills.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the rolling hills.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Doane as a surname developed from Ó Dubháin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Doane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 51 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 154 as a first name in 2020; 5,962 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Doane’s family of names
In English usage, Doane as a surname developed from the Irish form Ó Dubháin. Doane has a related form in Doan. In English usage, Doane as a surname has a related form in Doan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Doane
- Doane PerryAmerican musicianborn 1954
- Doane RobinsonAmerican historian (1856–1946)
- Doane HarrisonAmerican film editor and film producer (1894-1968)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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