Given name & surname
Doll
“a gift of God”
Doll is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Doll is a variant of Dorothy. One Greek interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Doll is a variant of Dorothy. An origin associated with Dorothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Doll is a diminutive of Dorothy.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Doll through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 387
- 24 boys · 363 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 15 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 girls is 6 in 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 196 as a first name in 2020; 9,690 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.
Doll’s family of names
In English usage, Doll is a diminutive of Dorothy. In English usage, Doll has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Долл. Doll has a related form in Dorothy.
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.
Similar names
If you love Doll, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Ola
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Dorothea
“a gift of God”
>99% girls
Dominga
“born on a Sunday” · “born on the Lord's day”
>99% girls