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Baby name
Douglas
Boy
Origin of the name
Douglas comes from a Scottish name meaning “dark water,” from the Gaelic dubh, “dark,” and glas, “stream.” It was first a place name, then the name of a powerful Scottish clan.
Classic name
560,013births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 30rank at its peak, in 1957
Where babies named Douglas are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Douglas is most common in South Dakota (2.2 times), Vermont (1.9) and Montana (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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- Douglass 5,769
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