Boy · Scottish Gaelic, through English
Doug
Say it: DUG
Meaning
A short form of Douglas, from Gaelic dubh 'dark' and glas 'stream', originally a place name.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given as a formal name chiefly in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 22,476 babies given this name since 1918
- At its height in 1962, about 1 in 1,100 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Doug Flutie, American football quarterback
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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