Douglas

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish

Origin and Meaning

English form of the Gaelic name Dùbhghlas

First element (Dùbh):

Old Irish dubh = 'dark'

Last element (-glas):

Old Irish glas = 'green, blue'

Related Names

Douglas	♂

Name Days

Sweden

13 April

Further Information

Some sources give 'stream' as a translation for the last element of the name (glas), but I did not find that confirmed in any dictionary.

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[1]		0	3	2159	4125
Denmark[2]		0	n.a.	89	n.a
Norway[3]		0	0	17	76
Finland[4]		n.a.	3	n.a	264
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[1][2][3][4]:

Sources: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi