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Dowling

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname for a stupid person, Middle English dolling, a derivative of Old English dol ‘dull’, ‘stupid’ (see Doll).
  • Irish : variant of Dolan 1.

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