What is the meaning of Douglas?

Douglas is either masculine or feminine given name
  • Irish: Dark stranger
  • Anglo-Saxon: Dweller by the dark stream
  • Scottish: From the dark river. The Scottish Douglas clan had two historical branches: (Black Douglases and Red Douglases.) The lords of these clans figure in Sir Walter Scott's novels
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APAJoan Ellis. (2011). douglas. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/douglas/definitions/1339699
ChicagoJoan Ellis. 2011. "douglas" http://smartdefine.org/douglas/definitions/1339699 (accessed September 21, 2026).
HarvardJoan Ellis 2011, douglas, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/douglas/definitions/1339699>.
MLAJoan Ellis. "douglas" 25 February 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/douglas/definitions/1339699>
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