About the Dolittle Surname

Dolittle is how some branches of the Doolittle family came to write their name. Read literally, Dolittle points to “A nickname for an idle person”.

A variant of Doolittle

Without the “o” of Doolittle, Dolittle is a simpler written form of the same name. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Dolittle coat of arms

Arms linked to Doolittle and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

For the full story, order the Dolittle surname pack.