Given name
Dougald
“a dark stranger”
Dougald is a variant of Dougal. One Celtic interpretation is “a dark stranger.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dougald is a variant of Dougal. One Celtic interpretation is “a dark stranger.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dougald is a variant of Dougal. An origin associated with Dougal is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dougald through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1931. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dougald’s family of names
Dougald has a related form in Dougal.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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