Dougal

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scottish Gaelic Dubhgall, from Old Irish dubgall (“Dane, black-haired foreigner”), synchonically from dubh (“black”) + gall (“stranger”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːɡəl

Proper noun

Dougal

1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A patronymic surname from Scottish Gaelic

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