Given name & surname
Dowl
“a dark stranger”
Dowl is a variant of Doyle. One interpretation is “a dark stranger.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dowl is a variant of Doyle. One interpretation is “a dark stranger.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dowl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 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 1946. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 184 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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