Douglas
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning dark stream; from Dubh glas.
How Douglas has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #615 |
| 2016 | #603 |
| 2017 | #630 |
| 2018 | #672 |
| 2019 | #685 |
| 2020 | #734 |
| 2021 | #737 |
| 2022 | #828 |
| 2023 | #743 |
| 2024 | #853 |
| 2025 | #807 |
Douglas by the numbers
In 2025, 222 babies in England and Wales were named Douglas. In the US, 411 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 16,724 babies in 1957, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1955, about 1 in 140 American boys born that year was called Douglas.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Douglas. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Douglas, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Adrianfrom Hadria; dark one6,317 in the US (2017)
- Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Coledark, swarthy; charcoal3,458 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean water
Like Douglas, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Douglas
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