Dodrill

English

Alternative forms

• Daughdrill

Etymology

From dotterel, a nickname for a foolish person.

Proper noun

Dodrill (plural Dodrills)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dodrill is the 21439^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1219 individuals. Dodrill is most common among White (96.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dodrill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.