Family name origins & meanings
- English : variant of Dole or of Doll.
- Dutch : nickname for a stupid person.
- Americanized spelling of German Dollmann (see Dollman).
- Hungarian Dolmán : variant of Dolmány, metonymic occupational name or nickname from dolmány ‘embroidered coat’, named after a Szekler village in Transylvania called Dolmán. In some cases this may be an Americanized spelling of Dolmáni, habitational name for someone from the village itself.