Dooley

See also: dooley

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhlaoich (“descendant of Dubhlaoch”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + laoch (“hero”).

Proper noun

Dooley (countable and uncountable, plural Dooleys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A ghost town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dooley is the 1527^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23481 individuals. Dooley is most common among White (87.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dooley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 479.