Boy name Scottish Gaelic origin

Doug

DUG · 4 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
Dark water
Language
Scottish Gaelic
Culture
English
Style era
modern
Themes
short · classic
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Popularity over time

2023 rank#11182
2023 births6
Peak year1962
First appeared1918
Total US births22,472
1962 peak19181944197119972023
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
Douggie
In other languages
Douglas

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