Douglas
DOUG-ləs
A Scottish name meaning “dark grey,” with a rugged, place-rooted feel.
Meaning
Douglas comes from Gaelic dubh-ghlas, literally “dark grey.” The name was originally associated with a place and then became a Scottish surname and given name. The excerpts also gloss it in the older books as “dark grey.”
Origin
GaelicScottish Gaelicmasculine
Fun fact
The name is tied to one of the best-known old Scottish family names, and the excerpts mark it specifically as Scots.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.