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Name Doug

Meaning:

dark river, blood river

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Name info:

About the name Doug in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Is diminutive of:	Douglas
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Dong Details

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About Douglas, the group of names with the same origin as Doug

Meaning/translation:	dark river, blood river
Language of origin:	Scottish
Info about origin:	from a Scottish family name that derives from the name of a river, the site of a particularly bloody battle
	the family name is known from a powerful line of Scottish earls
Words:	dubh = dark, black Old Irish
	glais = the water, the river Old Irish
Topics:	Family name, Geographic name
Variants' top ranks:	30:Douglas USA 1960-1969
Old/original forms:	Dubhghlas Scottish
Name variants:	Doug, Douglas Sortable list Details