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Doyle

/dɔɪl/

Doyle proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Doyle

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • But if you really insist she'll retell the unfortunate case of a man named Sean Doyle. […] According to Dr Melinek, Doyle was a bartender in the Big Apple who'd been out drinking with his friend Michael Wright and Wright’s girlfriend on a fateful night back in 2002.
    • It's thought that Wright had believed Doyle was hitting on his girlfriend and the pair got into an argument.2025 February 8, Brenna Cooper, “Medical examiner reveals worst death she has seen is the case of man who was thrown down a manhole into boiling water”, in LADBible, archived from the original on 22...
  2. A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.

Noun

Doyle (plural Doyles)

  1. (Teesside) An idiot.

Forms of Doyle

pluralDoyles

Origin of Doyle

From Irish Ó Dubhghaill (“descendant of Dougal”).

Words formed from Doyle

Questions about Doyle

What does Doyle mean?
Doyle means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Doyle?
Doyle can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Doyle?
Doyle is pronounced /dɔɪl/.

Words near Doyle in the dictionary

  1. Doyels
  2. doyen
  3. doyenne
  4. doyennes
  5. doyens
  6. Doyle
  7. Doylean
  8. doyleite
  9. doylem
  10. doylems
  11. Doyles

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