Douglas

  • Unisex
  • 7 letters
Anglo-Saxon Dweller by the dark stream.
Celtic Dwells by the dark stream.
English Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys.
Irish Dark stranger.
Literary A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 1, where it belongs to archibald, The Earl of Douglas.
Scottish 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.

Douglas is a unisex name of Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, English, Irish, Literary and Scottish origin. Meaning in Anglo-Saxon: Dweller by the dark stream. Meaning in Celtic: Dwells by the dark stream. Meaning in English: Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys. Meaning in Irish: Dark stranger. A literary name from Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, Part 1, where it belongs to archibald, The Earl of Douglas. Meaning in Scottish: 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. The name has 7 letters.

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Dougie

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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.

Douglass

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English Scottish

Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys. 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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