Doyle

Where Doyle comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Doyle.

  • Vowel-ended
Doyle through the years
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #673 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1931
    Peak, #195
    667 babies named Doyle, the most in any year.
  3. 1933
    Doyle Brunson born
    American poker player
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #437.
  5. 1968
    Doyle Bramhall II born
    American guitarist
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Doyle Brunson · American poker player, 1933–2023
  • Doyle Bramhall II · American guitarist, born 1968
  • Doyle Dykes · American musician, born 1954
  • Doyle E. Carlton · American politician, 1885–1972
  • Doyle Lawson · American musician, born 1944

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.