Doles is a surname with several different origins, French

France

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, Czech

Czech Republic

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, and Slovenian

Slovenia

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. As a name of French origin, it may be a habitational name derived from Dole in the Jura. As a name of Czech origin, the name is a variant of Dolejš meaning "lower". This was used to differentiate the bearers of the same personal name (example: for a man living in the lower part of the village, as opposed to another man in the higher part). Doles is considered by some to be a sept

Sept (social)

A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...

 name of the Scottish clan

Scottish clan

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 Mackintosh

Clan MacKintosh

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, in this case the name is a variant of the surname Dallas

Dallas (name)

Dallas is a surname of Scottish and English origin. When of Scottish origin the name is a habitational name, derived from Dallas near Forres. This place-name is likely derived from the British dol "meadow" + gwas "dwelling" . This name also appears in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland...

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People with the surname Doles

• Chester Doles
  Chester Doles
  Chester Doles, Jr. was the head of the Georgia State Unit of the National Alliance in the United States. While Doles was running the Lumpkin County Local Unit of the National Alliance, he held several anti-immigration rallies...
  
  
• George P. Doles
  George P. Doles
  George Pierce Doles was a Georgia businessman and Confederate general during the American Civil War. His men played a key role on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in driving back the Union XI Corps.-Early life:...
  
  
• Johann Friedrich Doles
  Johann Friedrich Doles
  Johann Friedrich Doles was a German composer and pupil of J.S. Bach.Doles was born in Steinbach-Hallenberg. He attended the University of Leipzig...
  
  
• John J. Doles, Sr.
  John J. Doles
  John Jones Doles, Sr. , was a banker in Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish who served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1952 to 1956, the tenure corresponding with the administration of Governor Robert F. Kennon...
  
   (1895-1970)
• John J. Doles, Jr.
  John J. Doles
  John Jones Doles, Sr. , was a banker in Plain Dealing in northern Bossier Parish who served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1952 to 1956, the tenure corresponding with the administration of Governor Robert F. Kennon...
  
   (1923-2004)
• Kurt Doles
  Kurt Doles
  Kurt Doles is an American composer and bass clarinetist. He is best known for his slow, quiet instrumental pieces which are frequently written for unusual groups of instruments...