Douglas Forename
586th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,331,554 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Douglas Forename Definition:
(m., f.) Gaelic dub (h)glas,‘dark or black stream’. This very common Celtic river name (e.g. English Dawlish, Devil’s Water, Dowles Brook, Dulas, Divelish, Irish and Scottish Douglas) became the name of a great Scottish clan, and, like many clan names, also a common christian name.
Read More About This ForenameDouglas Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 620,719 | 1:584 | 108 |
| Brazil | 100% | 284,213 | 1:754 | 109 |
| England | 100% | 52,509 | 1:1,059 | 222 |
| Canada | 100% | 51,436 | 1:644 | 135 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 44,080 | 1:685 | 91 |
| Kenya | 100% | 34,391 | 1:1,346 | 263 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 24,100 | 1:640 | 101 |
| Ghana | 100% | 20,957 | 1:1,288 | 255 |
| Scotland | 100% | 20,046 | 1:267 | 61 |
| South Africa | 100% | 19,641 | 1:2,776 | 491 |
| Mozambique | - | 13,440 | 1:2,027 | 449 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 12,243 | 1:14,503 | 1,673 |
| El Salvador | - | 11,664 | 1:544 | 96 |
| Zambia | - | 9,342 | 1:1,697 | 327 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7,803 | 1:771 | 149 |
| Uganda | 99% | 7,740 | 1:5,292 | 629 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 7,484 | 1:2,152 | 379 |
| Australia | - | 7,473 | 1:1,828 | 362 |
| Honduras | 100% | 5,645 | 1:1,562 | 274 |
| Ecuador | - | 5,051 | 1:3,510 | 466 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,844 | 1:3,533 | 581 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 4,691 | 1:15,738 | 1,404 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4,564 | 1:1,045 | 225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 3,436 | 1:2,373 | 274 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,174 | 1:1,429 | 320 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,118 | 1:992 | 235 |
| Philippines | 100% | 3,082 | 1:34,396 | 2,901 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,076 | 1:6,762 | 1,098 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,901 | 1:3,920 | 752 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,353 | 1:1,225 | 313 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 1,978 | 1:15,394 | 1,610 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,907 | 1:27,681 | 2,515 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,889 | 1:14,276 | 1,436 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,381 | 1:7,677 | 913 |
| Colombia | 97% | 1,348 | 1:35,444 | 1,895 |
| Chile | 91% | 1,309 | 1:13,451 | 894 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,205 | 1:8,657 | 1,063 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,107 | 1:8,905 | 813 |
| Ireland | 98% | 976 | 1:4,758 | 477 |
| Peru | 100% | 976 | 1:32,573 | 2,063 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 947 | 1:22,820 | 1,935 |
| Thailand | 100% | 889 | 1:78,814 | 7,230 |
| Germany | 100% | 791 | 1:122,222 | 2,367 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 778 | 1:2,369 | 366 |
| Mexico | 99% | 753 | 1:164,866 | 3,258 |
| France | 100% | 751 | 1:88,509 | 2,077 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 632 | 1:919 | 179 |
| Poland | 100% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Portugal | - | 535 | 1:19,460 | 942 |
| Barbados | - | 505 | 1:574 | 131 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 480 | 1:7,141 | 610 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 470 | 1:35,962 | 2,776 |
| Indonesia | - | 464 | 1:555,956 | 40,698 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Vanuatu | - | 451 | 1:580 | 133 |
| Bahamas | - | 433 | 1:922 | 240 |
| Botswana | 100% | 380 | 1:5,749 | 942 |
| Spain | 100% | 373 | 1:124,745 | 3,245 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 366 | 1:232 | 82 |
| India | 100% | 356 | 1:3,412,579 | 148,686 |
| Swaziland | - | 308 | 1:4,221 | 796 |
| China | - | 306 | 1:4,464,235 | 53,319 |
| Singapore | 100% | 294 | 1:21,385 | 3,632 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Hong Kong | - | 286 | 1:27,107 | 2,336 |
| Argentina | 95% | 284 | 1:150,610 | 2,220 |
| Japan | - | 282 | 1:453,851 | 10,536 |
| Samoa | - | 274 | 1:712 | 214 |
| Panama | 100% | 268 | 1:14,577 | 1,660 |
| Cuba | - | 246 | 1:46,775 | 1,505 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 245 | 1:33,524 | 1,800 |
| Belgium | 100% | 231 | 1:49,740 | 2,448 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Egypt | - | 217 | 1:423,507 | 12,330 |
| Belize | 100% | 211 | 1:1,679 | 377 |
| Jersey | - | 193 | 1:518 | 122 |
| Liberia | 98% | 152 | 1:29,027 | 1,809 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 147 | 1:9,261 | 1,392 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 137 | 1:801 | 145 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Italy | 98% | 135 | 1:452,312 | 4,972 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Denmark | - | 129 | 1:43,795 | 1,779 |
| South Korea | - | 122 | 1:45,446 | 3,195 |
| Haiti | 100% | 120 | 1:89,391 | 5,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 116 | 1:61,655 | 5,392 |
| Namibia | - | 114 | 1:21,089 | 1,897 |
| Norway | 100% | 108 | 1:47,522 | 2,000 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 103 | 1:70,260 | 2,160 |
| Guyana | 100% | 96 | 1:7,951 | 1,281 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 88 | 1:1,268 | 217 |
| Israel | 99% | 86 | 1:97,708 | 4,302 |
| Bermuda | - | 75 | 1:864 | 184 |
| Guernsey | - | 73 | 1:868 | 190 |
| Gibraltar | - | 68 | 1:502 | 109 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Greece | 100% | 66 | 1:165,675 | 3,640 |
| Guam | - | 66 | 1:2,434 | 508 |
| Micronesia | - | 66 | 1:1,614 | 257 |
| Suriname | 100% | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Iraq | - | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Austria | 100% | 52 | 1:163,735 | 2,710 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Grenada | 100% | 47 | 1:2,301 | 475 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 45 | 1:19,357 | 1,267 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 44 | 1:540,220 | 29,164 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 43 | 1:82,565 | 1,737 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:1,572 | 368 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Benin | 100% | 37 | 1:285,834 | 11,817 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 37 | 1:4,806 | 808 |
| Afghanistan | - | 34 | 1:959,515 | 12,037 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Russia | 100% | 32 | 1:4,507,303 | 22,729 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,653 | 240 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,197 | 279 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 28 | 1:1,959 | 443 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 23 | 1:24,524 | 1,332 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 22 | 1:1,048,906 | 30,569 |
| Vietnam | - | 22 | 1:4,210,142 | 3,505 |
| Congo | 100% | 19 | 1:263,642 | 6,499 |
| Finland | 100% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| Czechia | 82% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Oman | - | 15 | 1:273,911 | 3,812 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:1,396 | 227 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 12 | 1:468,964 | 6,168 |
| Turkey | 100% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Hungary | 100% | 9 | 1:1,087,975 | 2,994 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 9 | 1:648 | 154 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Brunei | - | 8 | 1:52,446 | 1,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 8 | 1:255,000 | 16,349 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 8 | 1:24,000 | 1,933 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Georgia | - | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Jordan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Senegal | - | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Douglas (253,791) may also be a surname.
Douglas Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(m., f.) Gaelic dub (h)glas,‘dark or black stream’. This very common Celtic river name (e.g. English Dawlish, Devil’s Water, Dowles Brook, Dulas, Divelish, Irish and Scottish Douglas) became the name of a great Scottish clan, and, like many clan names, also a common christian name. This use is not found, however, much before the 17th C, when it was as commonly a girl’s as a boy’s name. Camden 1605 puts it among the women’s christian names, and says of it, ‘Of the Scottish surname, taken from the river Douglas, not long since made a christian name in England’. It is now often used by people with no Scottish connexions.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Originally and mainly a Scottish name, from a Celtic word meaning ‘ dark grey’. It is prominent in Scottish history and legend, especially in the two men named the Black Douglas and Douglas ‘Bell-the-Cat’ (the 5th Earl of Angus.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
From Gaelic dubh-ghlas, dark grey.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Celtic name, meaning: [Dweller beside the] black water.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Douglas Forename Popularity
Douglas Demographics
Average Douglas Salary in
United States
$49,849 USD
Per year
Rank:
128,557 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.199789
Rank: 93 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
114.52%
Sample size: 330,393 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Douglas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas in the Russian language | ||
| Доуглас | douglas | - |
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