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DOUGALL

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There are approximately 1,939 people named Dougall in the UK. That makes it the 4,608th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 31 are named Dougall.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
From given name or forename

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The Dougall surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Gaelic and Celtic.) The black stranger, from Dhu, black, and gall, a stranger, a term used by the Celts to denote a Lowlander, a foreigner, not one of them. The Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians were called by the Irish Fionne Gael, or fair-haired, and the Germans "Dubh Gail," or the black strangers.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

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