Details for the forename Douglas

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Douglas (male)


Variants:	Dùbhghlas (M)
Diminutive(s):	Doug (M)
Pet Name(s):	Dougie (M) Dug (M) Duggie (M)
Feminine form:	Douglas (F) Douglasina (F)

Source(s):	FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English and Scottish, from the Gaelic given name and surname Dùbhghlas, "dark water", derived from a stream in the lands of the Lord of Douglas in Lanarkshire, Scotland, where Douglas was the surname. The few spelling variations in the 1941 Census of Aberdeenshire should be found using Soundex. Douglas is also a very rare Scottish female name, the normal form being Douglasina.