Dolen Family History
Dolen Name Meaning
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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022