Douglas: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced DUG-luhs · 2 syllables

Douglas means “black; stream”, from Scottish.

From a place name, Scottish Gaelic dubh (“black”) + glais (“stream”).

How popular is Douglas?

Douglas was the #807 name in the US in 2025, given to 308 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 33% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1950.

Babies named Douglas in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1950).

Half of US adults named Douglas are older than 63; most are between 33 and 81. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Douglas have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Douglas means “black; stream”. It comes from Scottish.

Douglas is pronounced DUG-luhs.

Douglas was the #807 name in the US in 2025, given to 308 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 33% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1950.

Half of US adults named Douglas are older than 63. Most are between 33 and 81.