Dougherty

  • Boy
  • 9 letters
Irish Wicked.
Variant of Doherty

Dougherty is a boy’s name of Irish origin. Meaning in Irish: Wicked. Dougherty is a variant of Doherty. The name has 9 letters.

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Dorrin

Boy

English Irish

Variant of Dorran 'stranger.'.

Dougal

Boy

Anglo-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.

Douglas

Unisex

Anglo-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.

Dow

Boy

Irish

Dark-haired.