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Globally, Dooley (Dooley , דולי , Дули , along with others...) is a rare mostly masculine, but seldom feminine first name. The given name Dooley is characteristic of Aland Islands, where it is quite a common male name, Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare male name, and the United States, where it is a very rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, Bulgaria, and China. Much more prevalently, Dooley is the last name as well as the forename.
Dooley is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dooley Gerber , the character in The Mentalist; Dolly Branican , the character created by Jules Verne, Mistress Branican; Dolly Bantry , character in The Body in the Library; Dolly Varden , the character in Barnaby Rudge and Dolly Skilbeck , the fictional television character, Emmerdale.