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Douglas at a glance
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- Boy
- Western numerology
- 7
- Indian numerology
- 9
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- 7
- Popular
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Douglas is a baby name with Filipino, Anglo, Celtic, English, Irish, Scottish, Shakespearean context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is blue-black; Dark stream or dark river; Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Dwells by the dark stream; from....
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Douglass
Boy
English
From the dark river The Scottish Douglas clan had two historical branches: (Black Douglases and Red Douglases) The lords of these clans figure in Sir Walter Scott's novels; Variant of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular...
164 family views
Doug
Boy
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Diminutive of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Diminutive of Douglas: From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river
179 family views
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Boy
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Diminutive of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Diminutive of Douglas: From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river
199 family views
Silas
Boy
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Of the forest; Variant of Sylvanus from a Greek name meaning 'forest; wood; woods' In the bible Silas was a missionary companion of Paul and Timothy
152 family views
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Gem; Gildas is an English male name of Celtic and Welsh origins a; Gilded; Serves God
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tribes of Anglo-Saxon Britain, Violent, aggressive, fierce; Violent
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brave Variant of English Andrew; German form of Andrew; Manly; Manly Brave Feminine form of Andrew; Strong
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Christmas
Unisex
English
This name is derived from the name of the Christian festival, and occasionally given to children born on Christmas Day Used as both first name and surname since the Middle Ages
138 family views
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Girl
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A diminutive of Dorothy, meaning gift of god Famous bearer: British writer Dodie Smith, author of the children's story which became Walt Disney's film One Hundred and One Dalmatians; beloved
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Girl
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A vision; Diminutive of Dorothy, meaning gift of god Doll has also come to be used as the name of a child's plaything, and as a colloquial term for an attractive woman
127 family views
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Belonging to God; Belongs to God Of the Lord Variant of Dominic; Feminine form of Dominick: Lord; Of the Lord From the Latin Dominic This French spelling is used primarily for girls; The French feminine form of Dominic, meaning of the lord, or belonging to God
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Douglass
Boy
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From the dark river The Scottish Douglas clan had two historical branches: (Black Douglases and Red Douglases) The lords of these clans figure in Sir Walter Scott's novels; Variant of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular...
164 family views
Doug
Boy
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Diminutive of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Diminutive of Douglas: From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river
179 family views
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Boy
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199 family views
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Boy
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