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Name Douglas

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dark river, blood river

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Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English, Scottish
Diminutives:	Doug
Topics:	Asteroid 2684 Douglas, discovered 1981
US 2021 rank:	#739 ... 737:Lian, 738:Trace, 739:Douglas, 740:Junior, 741:Titan ... Full US 2021 list

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

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

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Series	Graph	Rankings
England+Wales decades	Graph	1964 81, 1954 69, 1944 52, 1934 44, 1924 38, 1914 57, 1904 54
Scotland	Graph	2020 186, 2013 201, 2010 190
Sweden	Graph	2001 94, 2000 90, 1998 96
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 151, 1980-1989 76, 1970-1979 50, 1960-1969 30
USA prevalence		1990 45
USA yearly	Graph	2023 743, 2022 827, 2021 739, 2020 735, 2019 682, 2018 672, 2017 627, 2016 601, 2015 617, 2014 598, 2013 540, 2012 572, 2011 513, 2010 485, 2009 466, 2008 424, 2007 395, 2006 363, 2005 359, 2004 352, 2003 307, 2002 304, 2001 282, 2000 274, 1999 247, 1998 227, 1997 201, 1996 181, 1995 168, 1994 156, 1993 139

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