Douglas - Meaning and Origin of Name
The origin of male name Douglas is: Anglo-Saxon; Celtic; Irish; Scottish.
The meaning of the name is: Dark stranger; Dweller by the dark stream; Dwells by the dark stream; From the dark river. The Scottish Douglas clan had two historical branches: (Black Douglases and Red Douglases.) The lords of these clans figure in Sir Walter Scott's novels..
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