# Dooley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,770

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A ghost town in Sheridan County, Montana, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Wise County, Virginia, United States.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhlaoich (“descendant of Dubhlaoch”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + laoch (“hero”).

## Easily confused with
- **Doyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dooley-vs-doyle)
- **dopey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dooley-vs-dopey)
- **doomed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dooley-vs-doomed)
- **Dudley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dooley-vs-dudley)
- **Downey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dooley-vs-downey)
- **Dorsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dooley-vs-dorsey)
- **dole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dole-vs-dooley)
- **dolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolly-vs-dooley)
- **Daley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daley-vs-dooley)
- **Dolby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolby-vs-dooley)
- **donkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donkey-vs-dooley)
- **doodle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doodle-vs-dooley)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddooley`, `doley`, `doloey`, `dooely`, `dooleyy`, `doolley`, `doolye`, `odoley`

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