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Definition: A variant of O'BOYLE, from the Irish Ó BAOGHILL. Of uncertain derivation, but considered by most to be connected to the Irish geall, meaning "pledge" or "vain pledge."
Surname Origin:
Irish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
BOYLES, O BOYLE, O BAOIGHILL, O BAOILL
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Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
