Dolen Family History

Irish: variant of Devlin from Ó Dobhailéin. Norwegian (Dølen): habitational name from any of several farms especially in Telemark from døl ‘small valley’. Possibly also an Americanized form of Norwegian Døhlen: habitational name from a number of farmsteads named from Old Norse dalvin (from dalr ‘valley’ + vin ‘meadow’).

German: from a short form of a personal name composed with ancient Germanic theud ‘people race’. This surname is very rare in Germany. Americanized form of French Daudelin.

In some cases also an American shortened form of Slovenian Dolenc or its variant Dolenec.