Doyle

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Doyle

  • /dɔɪl/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  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 beli
  2. A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.

noun Doyles

  1. Teesside An idiot.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: boyle, davis, conan, dwell, arthur, storyteller, novelist, writer, author, essayist, dramatist, scotsman, sherlockian, holmesian, litterateur, scribe

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"Doyle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/doyle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Doyle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/doyle

Chicago

"Doyle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/doyle.

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@misc{doyle_2026,
  title = {Doyle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doyle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}