Doll
See also: doll
English
editEtymology
edit- 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.
Proper noun
editDoll
- A township and rural village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland.
- A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
- O! run, Doll, run; run, good Doll.
- A surname.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doll”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 475.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Townships
- en:Villages in Highland, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in Highland, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- English given names
- English female given names
- English diminutives of female given names
- English terms with quotations
- English surnames