Dougald is a boy’s name of Scottish origin. Meaning in Scottish: Dark-skinned stranger. Dougald is a variant of Dougal. The name has 7 letters.
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Donnell
BoyIrish Scottish
Man with dark skin. Variant of Donald 'great chief.'. Variant of Donald 'great chief.'.
Donny
BoyEnglish Gaelic Irish Scottish
From the Gaelic Domhnall, meaning world mighty. Also a form of Donn. In mythology the Irish Donn was known as king of the underworld. Form of Donn. In mythology the Irish Donn was known as king of the underworld. Brown-haired chieftain. From an Irish surname meaning dark brown. Great cheif, world mighty.
Doug
UnisexEnglish Scottish
Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys. From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river.
Dougal
BoyAnglo-Saxon Celtic Irish Scottish
Dweller by the dark stream. Dark stranger. From the Gaelic dubhgall, meaning dark stranger. Daugal was the nickname the Irish gave to the Vikings. Dark-skinned stranger.
Dougall
BoyScottish
Dark-skinned stranger.
Doughall
BoyScottish
Black stranger.
Dougie
UnisexEnglish Scottish
Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys. From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river.
Douglas
UnisexAnglo-Saxon Celtic English Irish Literary Scottish
Dweller by the dark stream. Dwells by the dark stream. Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys. Dark stranger. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 1, where it belongs to archibald, The Earl of Douglas. From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river. The Scottish Douglas clan had two historical branches: (Black Douglases and Red Douglases.) The lords of these clans figure in Sir Walter Scott's novels.
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