Doll

See also: doll

English

Etymology

As a south German surname, from toll (“mad, foolish”).
Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.
As an English surname, from the adjective dull, cognate with the first German derivation. Also compare Dill.

Proper noun

Doll

A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv]:
  O! run, Doll, run; run, good Doll.
A surname.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doll”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 475.

Anagrams

LOL'd, LOLd, lol'd, lold

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