Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doyle

/dɔɪl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: doyle
IPA: /dɔɪl/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

name

A census-designated place in Lassen County, California, United States.

noun

Example Sentences

"But if you really insist she'll retell the unfortunate case of a man named Sean Doyle. […] According to Dr Melinek, Doyle was a bartender in the Big Apple who'd been out drinking with his friend Michael Wright and Wright’s girlfriend on a fateful night back in 2002. It's thought that Wright had believed Doyle was hitting on his girlfriend and the pair got into an argument."

Etymology

From Irish Ó Dubhghaill (“descendant of Dougal”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó Dubhghaill

Inflected Forms

Doyles (plural)

Derived Forms

Doylestown Doylist

Phrases

Castle Doyle Doyles River Stoke Doyle

Frequently Paired Words

Stoke Doyle

Rhymes With

oil soil boil spoil foil coil boyle recoil toil coyle hoyle foyle

Questions

How do you pronounce doyle?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɔɪl/.
What does doyle mean?: A surname from Irish.
Where does doyle come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce doyle

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