# Dolph

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,110

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a Scandinavian/North Germanic, German, and Dutch surname, shortened from Adolf.
* As an English surname, shortened from Delve with rounded vowel.
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English delf (“quarry, pit”), related to the above.

## Easily confused with
- **dope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolph-vs-dope)
- **doth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolph-vs-doth)
- **dough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolph-vs-dough)
- **dolphin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolph-vs-dolphin)
- **doh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doh-vs-dolph)
- **dol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dol-vs-dolph)
- **doll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doll-vs-dolph)
- **dole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dolph)
- **dolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolly-vs-dolph)
- **Dolan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolan-vs-dolph)
- **dolce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolce-vs-dolph)
- **Dolby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolby-vs-dolph)
- **Delphi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delphi-vs-dolph)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddolph`, `dloph`, `dolhp`, `dollph`, `dolphh`, `dolpph`, `doplh`, `odlph`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dolph