Comments for the name Doyle

A major character in the Buffy spinoff Angel who died early in the series. Incidentally, he was Irish. R.I.P.

There's a character in the novel At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill whose name is Doyler Doyle. He's one of the "two boys" of the title and is in love with the other, Jim Mack.

Doyle is strictly a second name. I am Irish and live in Ireland and have never met anyone with Doyle as a first name but many with it as a second.

Mrs. Doyle in "Father Ted" is a frazzled housekeeper who adores making cups of tea.

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle was a book. I shouldn't have to tell you the main character.

No offense, but I really don't like this as a first name. It sounds unpleasant, and it would be particularly awful in a Southern drawl in America.

My favourite name. DOYLE, DOYLE, DOYLE. Amazing to say, beautiful meaning.

It's an okay name. I've only seen it as a last name though.

All in all, I cannot deny a fondness for the name "Doyle"... but I wish it to remain on a strict surname basis. The meaning is considerably interesting-- certainly not one that, if you were not Irish, would muster up.