Meaning & origin
What it means
Doel goes back to Old English dol, meaning “stupid.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Doel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 25 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 5 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 245 as a first name in 2020; 211 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.
Doel’s family of names
In English usage, Doel as a surname has a related form in DULL.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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