Dougal

Scottish Gaelic Dubhgall, from Old Irish dubgall (“Dane, black-haired foreigner”), synchonically from dubh (“black”) + gall (“stranger”).

• Rhymes: -uːɡəl

Dougal

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname​.

• 1960 Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, 1999, page 68-69

  'Just call me Dougal,' said Dougal.

  'Douglas,' she said, pronouncing it 'Dooglass'.

  'No, Dougal - Douglas is my surname.'

  'Oh, Dougal Douglas. Dougal's the first name.'

• MacDougall

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