Dooley \do(o)-ley\ as a boy's name is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Dooley is "dark hero". In the early 20th century author Finley Peter Dunne wrote popular newspaper essays that saw the world through the eyes of Martin Dooley, a fictitious Irish bartender on Chicago's West Side. Actor Paul Dooley.

Baby names that sound like Dooley are Dailey, Daley, Dawley and Doyle. Other similar baby names are Coley, Colley, Denley, Dudley, Dunley, Roley and Rowley.