Doelling Family History
Doelling Name Meaning
German (Dölling): habitational name from Dolling in Bavaria or Döllingen in Saxony. German (Dölling): nickname from the dialect word Dölling ‘young pike’ or from Middle High German dol ‘highly or overzealous’. Germanized form of Sorbian Delnik and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) Sorbian cognate (see Delling ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022