Given name & surname
Doye
“a dark stranger”
Doye is a variant of Doyle. One interpretation is “a dark stranger.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Doye 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Doye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 106 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1934
- 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 boys is 7 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1934. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 139 as a first name in 2020; 196 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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