# Doolittle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/doolittle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,893 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,080 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 44,791 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (6,658 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdulɪtəl/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From do + little (nickname for an idler).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Doolittle in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Doolittle in the United States.

## People named Doolittle

- Jimmy Doolittle, American military officer and aviation pioneer (1896–1993)
- John Doolittle, American politician
- James Rood Doolittle, American lawyer and politician (1815–1897)
- Sean Doolittle, American former professional baseball player and coach
- Melinda Doolittle, American singer
- Justus Doolittle, American missionary to China (1824–1880)
- H.D., American Imagist poet (1886–1961)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.