Dougal
English
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Dùghall, from Old Irish dubgall (“Dane, black-haired foreigner”), synchronically from dubh (“black”) + gall (“stranger”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDougal (plural Dougals)
- A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Quotations
edit- 1960, Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, published 1999, pages 68–69:
- 'Just call me Dougal,' said Dougal.
'Douglas,' she said, pronouncing it 'Dooglass'.
'No, Dougal - Douglas is my surname.'
'Oh, Dougal Douglas. Dougal's the first name.'
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dougal is the 35945th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 624 individuals. Dougal is most common among White (82.37%) and Black/African American (11.22%) individuals.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
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- Rhymes:English/uːɡəl
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Scottish Gaelic
- English surnames
- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic
- English surnames from patronymics
- English terms with quotations