Douglas

A male given name: from a Scottish word meaning “black water.”.

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Douglas (DUG-ləs) 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 Dùghlas ([t̪uːl̪ˠəs]); the Irish language form it is Dúghlas, and Dubhghlas, which are pronounced [duːɣləs]. The Hawaiian language form of the given name is Koukalaka, which is pronounced Hausa pronunciation: [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.

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Family name (late 12c.), later masc. personal name, from Gaelic Dubh glas "the dark water," name of a place in Lanarkshire. As a given name, in the top 40 for boys born in U.S. from 1942 to 1971. Douglas fir named for David Douglas (1798-1834), Scottish botanist who first recorded it in Pacific Northwest, 1825. Douglas scheme, Douglas plan, Douglassite, etc. refer to "social credit" economic model put forth by British engineer Maj. Clifford Hugh Douglas (1879-1952).

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From Gaelic dubh (dark) and glais (water, river); Scottish in origin, means: from the dark river. Douglas Water is a river in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Dougal, Dougie, Doug

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Kirk Douglas	1916	American stage and film actor
2	Michael Douglas	1944	Actor from the United States
3	Douglas MacArthur	1880	U.S. Army general of the army, field marshal of the Army of the Philippines
4	Gabby Douglas	1995	American artistic gymnast
5	Douglas Booth	1992	English actor
6	Douglas Costa	1990	Brazilian footballer
7	Douglas Brunt	1971
8	Douglas Adams	1952	English writer and humorist
9	Donna Douglas	1933	American actress
10	Cameron Douglas	1978	American actor
11	Buster Douglas	1960	American heavyweight boxer
12	Douglas Pitt	1966	American businessman
13	Eric Douglas	1958	Actor and stand-up comedian from the United States
14	Douglas Fairbanks	1883	American actor
15	Stephen A. Douglas	1813	American politician
16	Douglas Henshall	1965	Scottish actor
17	Shirley Douglas	1934	Television and film actress from Canada
18	Joel Douglas	1947	American film producer
19	Illeana Douglas	1965	American actress
20	Diana Douglas	1923	Actress from Bermuda
21	Tommy Douglas	1904	Scottish-born Canadian politician
22	Peter Douglas	1955	Television and film producer
23	Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig	1861	British senior officer during the First World War
24	Lord Alfred Douglas	1870	English poet, translator and prose writer
25	Douglas Bader	1910	British World War II flying ace
26	Shane Douglas	1964	Professional wrestler
27	Douglas Tompkins	1943	American environmentalist
28	Sean Douglas	1983	American record producer and songwriter
29	William O. Douglas	1898	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
30	Melvyn Douglas	1901	American actor
31	Douglas C. Kenney	1946	American writer, co-founder and editor of National Lampoon
32	Douglas Smith	1985	Actor
33	Carl E. Douglas	1955	American lawyer
34	Douglas Hodge	1960	English actor
35	Douglas Engelbart	1925	American engineer and inventor
36	Douglas Hofstadter	1945	American professor of cognitive science
37	Douglas Harriman Kennedy	1967	American journalist
38	Douglas Pereira dos Santos	1990	Brazilian footballer
39	Douglas Fairbanks Jr	1909	American actor and United States naval officer
40	Douglas Lima	1988	Brazilian martial artist
41	Douglas Carswell	1971	British politician
42	Sarah Douglas	1952	British actress
43	Mike Douglas	1925	Entertainer, talk show host
44	Douglas Wilder	1931	American politician
45	Douglas Brinkley	1960	American historian
46	Margaret Douglas	1515	Daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland
47	Douglas Mawson	1882	Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic
48	Jason Douglas		American actor
49	John E. Douglas	1945	Criminal profiler
50	Douglas Coupland	1961	Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and graphic designer
51	Douglas Durst	1944	American real estate businessperson
52	Toney Douglas	1986	American basketball player
53	Douglas Crockford	1955	American computer programmer
54	Douglas Preston	1956	American author
55	Angela Douglas	1940	British actress
56	Douglas Slocombe	1913	British cinematographer
57	Carl Douglas	1942	Jamaica singer
58	Douglas Trumbull	1942	American film director, special effects designer
59	Douglas H. Ginsburg	1946	American judge
60	Douglas Sirk	1897	Film director from Germany
61	Douglas Wilmer	1920	British actor
62	Douglas Hurd	1930	British Conservative politician and novelist
63	Douglas Corrigan	1907	American activist
64	Captain Kirk Douglas	1972	American guitarist
65	Douglas Rain	1928	Canadian actor and narrator
66	Douglas Alexander	1967	British politician
67	Jerry Douglas	1932	American television and film actor
68	Kyan Douglas	1970	American grooming expert
69	Douglas McGregor	1906	American professor
70	Douglas Barr	1949	American actor
71	Douglas Rushkoff	1961	Writer, American media theorist
72	Douglas Hyde	1860	First President of Ireland
73	Douglas Emerson	1974	American actor
74	Douglas Albert Munro	1919	Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient
75	Harry Douglas	1984	American football player
76	Aaron Douglas	1899	American artist
77	James Douglas, Lord of Douglas	1286	Scottish knight and feudal lord
78	Jill Douglas	1970	British sports presenter
79	Douglas Seale	1913	English stage and film actor
80	Jadyn Maria	1985	Puerto Rican musician
81	Douglas Gresham	1945	American British actor, biographer and film producer
82	Douglas A. Zembiec	1973	United States Marine Corps officer
83	Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton	1903	British politician
84	Douglas McIlroy	1932	American computer scientist, mathematician, engineer, and programmer
85	Douglas Franco Teixeira	1988	Professional footballer
86	Mary Douglas	1921	British anthropologist
87	Hugh Douglas	1971	Player of American football
88	Suzzanne Douglas	1957	American actress
89	Douglas Schoen	1953	American political consultant
90	Douglas Jardine	1900	Cricket player of England.
91	Helen Gahagan Douglas	1900	Actress and politician
92	Douglas Fowley	1911	Actor
93	Marjory Stoneman Douglas	1890	Writer
94	Jonathan Douglas	1981	Irish footballer
95	Douglas Hogg	1945	British politician and barrister
96	D. C. Douglas	1966	American actor, voice actor and film director
97	Douglas Flint	1955	British businessman
98	Douglas Nicholls	1906	Australian rules footballer and coach
99	Douglas MacArthur II	1909	American diplomat
100	Douglas R. Oberhelman	1953	Caterpillar, Inc. president and chairman
101	Douglas Reeman	1924	British author
102	Brandon Douglas	1968	American actor
103	Douglas Gordon	1966	British artist
104	Jack Douglas	2000	American record producer
105	Douglas Santos	1994	Brazilian footballer (born 1994)
106	Craig Douglas	1941	English pop singer
107	Douglas Edwards	1917	Broadcast journalist
108	Chip Douglas	1942	American musician
109	Katie Douglas	1979	American basketball player
110	Douglas Wick	1954	American film producer
111	Douglas J. Feith	1953	American lawyer and lobbyist
112	Douglas M. Fraser	1953	United States general
113	Sam Douglas	1957	American actor
114	Jane Douglas		Brothel-keeper in London
115	James Douglas	1933	American actor, born 1929
116	Jim Douglas	1951	American politician
117	Douglas Spencer	1910	American actor
118	Douglas P.	1956	British singer-songwriter
119	Douglas Gracey	1894	British Indian Army general
120	Sherman Douglas	1966	American basketball player
121	Douglas Silva	1988	Brazilian actor
122	Douglas Murray	1980	Swedish ice hockey player
123	Douglas A. Martin	1973	American writer
124	Douglas McGrath	1958	American actor and director
125	Douglas Kennedy	1955	American novelist and actor
126	Douglas Leone	1957	American businessman
127	Douglas Shearer	1899	Canadian sound designer and recording director
128	Sue Douglas	1957	British media executive
129	Douglas Kellner	1943	American critical theorist, university professor
130	Kane Douglas	1989	Australian rugby union player
131	Douglas Silva Bacelar	1990	Footballer
132	Emory Douglas	1943	American artist
133	Robert Douglas	1972	Scottish footballer
134	Douglas Croft	1926	American actor
135	Douglas Spain	1974	American actor
136	Walburga Habsburg Douglas	1958	German-born Swedish lawyer and politician
137	Gordon Douglas	1907	American film director
138	Catherine Douglas		Scottish lady-in-waiting
139	Norman Douglas	1868	British writer
140	Douglas Dick	1920	American actor and psychiatrist
141	Stan Douglas	1960	Canadian photographer
142	Douglas Cardinal	1934	Architect
143	Hazel Douglas	1923	British actress
144	Douglas McCain	1981
145	Keith Douglas	1920	British writer
146	Roy Douglas	1907	English composer
147	Douglas Osheroff	1945	American physicist
148	Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas	1372	Scottish Nobleman and General
149	William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas	1330	Scottish noble
150	Douglas Southall Freeman	1886	American journalist
151	Douglas Coe	1928	American evangelical
152	Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham	1872	British lawyer and Conservative politician
153	Lloyd C. Douglas	1877	Novelist
154	Douglas Prasher	1951	Molecular biologist
155	Malcolm Douglas	1941	Crocodile hunter/farmer, Television presenter
156	Roger Douglas	1937	New Zealand politician
157	Douglas Henry	1926	American politician
158	Douglas Lute	1952	United States general
159	Pamela Douglas
160	Michelle Douglas	1963	Canadian activist
161	Douglas Holtz-Eakin	1958	American economist
162	Douglas Ross		Scottish politician
163	Carol Douglas	1948	American female singer
164	Douglas Mackinnon		British television director
165	Douglas W. Elmendorf	1962	American economist
166	Douglas S. Cook	1958	American screenwriter
167	Douglas Sills	1960	American actor
168	Sally Douglas	1941	British actress
169	John Douglas	1830	English architect
170	Douglas B. Green	1946	American singer and musician
171	Douglas Wilson		American interior designer
172	James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas	1942	British politician
173	Douglas Urbanski	1957	American film producer
174	Douglas Mackiernan	1913	American spy
175	Douglas Kirkland	1934	Canadian photographer
176	William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas	1424	Scottish nobleman
177	Douglas H. Wheelock	1960	American astronaut
178	Oliver Wendell Douglas
179	Jamil Douglas	1992
180	Douglas Hartree	1897	British mathematician and physicist
181	Jeff Douglas	1971	Canadian actor
182	Andy Douglas	1978	American professional wrestler
183	Douglas Lenat	1950	American entrepreneur and researcher in artificial intelligence
184	Luke Douglas	1986	Australian rugby league player
185	Gustaf Douglas	1938	Swedish politician
186	Douglas Applegate	1928	American politician
187	Tom Douglas		American musician
188	Steve Douglas	1938	American musician
189	Douglas Potts
190	Douglas Reed	1895	A British journalist, playwright, novelist and author
191	Lord Francis Douglas	1847	British novice mountain climber
192	Douglas Harper	1948	American sociologist
193	Douglas Malloch	1877	American writer
194	Colin Douglas	1912	British actor
195	Hal Douglas	1924	American actor
196	William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas	1243	Scottish nobleman and warlord
197	David Douglas	1799	British botanist
198	Douglas Mossman		American actor
199	Bill Douglas	1934	Director
200	Douglas dos Santos	1982	Brazilian footballer and manager