Douglas
Douglas is a boy name of Scottish origin, meaning From the dark river.
What Douglas means
From the dark river.
Douglas sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Douglas comes from
Scottish names draw on both Gaelic and Scots, and many began as clan or place names before becoming personal ones.
Douglas is recorded as Scottish in origin. Browse other Scottish names.
How popular is Douglas?
Douglas is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Douglas is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Douglas
Douglas spans water and the sea and the natural world, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Douglas
These share Douglas's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Lachlan — From the land of lakes.
- Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
- Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
- Wells — From the springs.
- Brooke — A small stream.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
- Eira — Snow.
- Lake — A still body of water.
- Marlowe — From the hill by the lake.
- Oaklynn — From the oak meadow pool.
- River — A flowing body of water.
- Rocio — Dew; Our Lady of the Dew.