Family name origins & meanings
- Czech and Slovak (Dolák) : topographic name for someone living in the lower part of a village, a variant of Dolejš (see Doles 2), or habitational name for someone from a place called Důl or Dolan.
- Polish : patronymic form of Dola meaning ‘fate’, ‘destiny’.
- Polish : topographic name from a derivative of dó{l-} ‘pit’, ‘hole’.
- Polish : possibly from a pet form of the personal name Adolf.