Douglas
[ˈdʌɡləs]Meaning
from a Scottish surname, from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"
Background Story
Douglas comes from a Scottish surname taken from a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water. The name means "dark river", from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river", an archaic word related to glas "grey, green". The Gaelic form is Dùghlas or Dùbhghlas, and the name has been used as a given name since the 16th century.
Related Names
Dempsey
Derived from the Irish surname meaning 'proud' or 'arrogant'.
Chayton
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Dagor
Dalbert
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Dancan
Denahi
No documented meaning; recorded as a masculine given name in popular culture
Donovan
From an Irish surname, an anglicised form of Ó Donndubháin, 'descendant of the brown-black one'
Duff
Scottish, from the Gaelic 'dubh' — dark or black.
Dwayne
Variant of Duane, a Gaelic name from the Irish saint Dubhán