Western numerology
Number 7 insight
Western numerology adds the letter values in the name and reduces them to a single guiding number.
Baby names
Boy name
Douglas
"blue-black; Dark stream or dark river; Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Dwells by the dark stream; from the dark water; 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Archibald, The Earl of Douglas; Trouble"
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Douglas at a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Western numerology
- 7
- Indian numerology
- 9
- Characters
- 7
- Popular
- 188 family views
Number meaning for Douglas
Indian numerology
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Meaning and story
What does Douglas mean?
Douglas is listed in the BabyAZ name catalog with Filipino, English, Irish context. Its meaning is recorded as: blue-black; Dark stream or dark river; Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Dwells by the dark stream; from the dark water; 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Archibald, The Earl of Douglas; Trouble
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Brother names
Brothers for Douglas
Douglass
Boy
English
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; Variant of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys
162 family views
Doug
Boy
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Diminutive of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Diminutive of Douglas: From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river
178 family views
Dougie
Boy
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198 family views
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152 family views
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Sister names
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Unisex
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137 family views
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Douglass
Boy
English
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; Variant of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys
162 family views
Doug
Boy
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Diminutive of Douglas: Dark water In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys; Diminutive of Douglas: From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river
178 family views
Dougie
Boy
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198 family views
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