"Dougal" meaning in English

See Dougal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈduːɡl̩/ Forms: Dougals [plural]
Rhymes: -uːɡəl Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Dùghall, from Old Irish dubgall (“Dane, black-haired foreigner”), synchronically from dubh (“black”) + gall (“stranger”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|Dùghall}} Scottish Gaelic Dùghall, {{der|en|sga|dubgall||Dane, black-haired foreigner}} Old Irish dubgall (“Dane, black-haired foreigner”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Dougal (plural Dougals)
  1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Dougal-en-name-NBcZghtn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32
  2. A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic].
    Sense id: en-Dougal-en-name-finycw5K Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: MacDougall

Inflected forms

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