Name: Douglas
Gender: Male
Usage: Douglas, of gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Douglas are in general originating from France, Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Douglas across the world, see Dougie.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Douglas is: Black water, Dark water.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Douglas is ranked on the 500th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1226900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.017% of the population. The name Douglas has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Douglas for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Douglas is 12 November.
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History and Origin
Douglas /ˈdʌɡləs/ is a Scottish masculine given name which originated from the surname Douglas. Although today the name is almost exclusively given to boys, it was used as girls name in the 17th and 18th centuries, in the north of England. The Scottish surname Douglas was borne by one of the most powerful families of the Kingdom of Scotland (the Earls of Douglas, Angus, Morton, Dukes of Hamilton and others). It has sometimes been stated that the given name is connected with the given name Dougal, although it is more likely derived from the surname already mentioned.
Linguistically, Douglas is derived from the Gaelic elements: dubh, meaning "dark, black"; and glas, meaning "stream" (also a derivative of glas, meaning "grey"). The surname Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named. While there are numerous places with this name in both Ireland and Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, which was once the stronghold of Clan Douglas.
The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is Dùbhghlas; the Irish language form it is Dúghlas, and Dubhghlas, which are pronounced Irish pronunciation: [duːɣləs]. The Hawaiian language form of the given name is Koukakala, which is pronounced IPA: [koukəˈkɐlə]; a variant form of this name is Dougalasa. The given name Doug is a common short form variant of Douglas. Pet forms of the given name include Dougie and Duggie.
Scottish and English: transferred use of the surname borne by what was one of the most powerful families in Scotland, the earls of Douglas and of Angus, also notorious in earlier times as Border reivers. Today this name is sometimes assumed to be connected with Dougal, but it seems more likely that the surname is derived from the place in the Southern Uplands of Scotland where the family had their stronghold. This is probably named with the Gaelic elements dubh black + glas stream.
Variant: Dùbhghlas (Gaelic).
Short form: Doug.
Pet form: Dougie.
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