Doll

Where Doll comes from

* As a south German surname, from toll (“mad, foolish”). * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Thiel. * As an English surname, from the adjective dull, cognate with the first German derivation. Also compare Dill.
— Wiktionary's entry for Doll
Doll through the years
  1. 1895
    First appearance
    #1,426 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1905
    Peak, #1,093
    12 babies named Doll, its best rank.
  4. 1907
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,061.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Doll in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.