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Douglas

OriginScottish
Meaning"black water"
GenderBoy
US Rank#807

Top 1000

NB Rank#797

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About Douglas

The name Douglas is currently ranked #807 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #23 in 1942. The name is most popular in DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, and DOUGLAS. Douglas is occasionally used for girls in 2004.

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  • Douglas Dean Osheroff

    American physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize

  • Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman)

    American actor

  • Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr.

    American actor and WWII naval officer

  • Douglas MacArthur

    American WWII general

  • Douglas Colvin

    birth name of Dee Dee Ramone, German,American musician; bassist for punk band The Ramones

  • Douglas Coupland

    Canadian novelist

  • Douglas John Booth

    English actor

  • Douglas Noel Adams

    English novelist

  • Douglas Robert Jardine

    English cricketer

  • Douglas Mawson

    Australian Antarctic explorer

  • Douglas Smith

    Canadian actor

  • Douglas "Doug" Benson

    American comedian

  • Douglas Costa

    Brazilian footballer

Douglas in pop culture

  • Douglas

    engine on animated series "Thomas the Tank Engine," twin of Donald

  • Douglas Yancey "Doug" Funnie

    title character of animated series "Doug"

  • Douglas Reynholm

    character on British TV series "The IT Crowd"

  • Douglas Spalding

    character in Ray Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine"

  • Douglas Varney

    character in movie "Better Living Through Chemistry"

  • Dr. Douglas Reid

    character in DC Universe

  • Douglas Richardson

    pilot on British radio series "Cabin Pressure"

  • Grant Douglas Ward

    character on TV's "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD"

  • "Douglas

    " play by John Home and its main character

  • Dr. Douglas "Doug" Ross

    main character on "ER" tv series (played by George Clooney)

  • Douglas Forrester

    character on "The Bold & the Beautiful"

  • Douglas Davenport

    character on TV's "Lab Rats"

  • Douglas Archer

    character from "SS,GB", father of Douglas Archer Jr.

  • Douglas Fackler

    character in the "Police Academy" Film series

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