The Douglas Surname
- Meaning
- dark water
- Type
- Locational
- Root
- Gaelic dubh glas
- Chiefly
- Lanarkshire and the Borders
Douglas began as a place name: dubh glas, ‘dark stream’, a name given to more than one watercourse in Scotland and Ireland. The family took the name of the place, and the place took its name from the water.
It is one of the few surnames that works comfortably as a first name too, in both directions and for either sex.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Douglas name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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