Dougal
English
Etymology
Scottish Gaelic Dubhgall, from Old Irish dubgall (“Dane, black-haired foreigner”), synchonically from dubh (“black”) + gall (“stranger”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːɡəl
Proper noun
Dougal
- A male given name.
- A patronymic surname.
Quotations
- 1960 Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, 1999, page 68-69
- 'Just call me Dougal,' said Dougal.
- 'Douglas,' she said, pronouncing it 'Dooglass'.
- 'No, Dougal - Douglas is my surname.'
- 'Oh, Dougal Douglas. Dougal's the first name.'
Derived terms
- MacDougall
Anagrams
- dougla