The Doyle Surname
- Meaning
- descendant of the dark foreigner
- Type
- Descriptive (origin)
- Root
- Irish Ó Dubhghaill
- Chiefly
- Wexford, Wicklow and Carlow
Dubh gall, ‘dark foreigner’, was the Irish term for the Danes, as against fionn gall, ‘fair foreigner’, for the Norwegians. The surname records Norse descent.
The same elements give the place name Fingal, north of Dublin.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Doyle name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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