Given name & surname

Dubhghall

“black, dark”·“stranger, foreigner”

Dubhghall is a masculine given name. It is used in Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dubhghall is built from elements meaning “black, dark” and “stranger, foreigner”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Irish dubh (“black, dark”) + gall (“stranger, foreigner”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dubhghall’s family of names

In Irish usage, Dubhghall shares a linguistic root with the Scottish Gaelic form Dùghall. Dubhghall has an English adaptation in Dougal. In Irish usage, Dubhghall has a related form in Dubhgall.

Walk Dubhghall’s family in the name graph

DubhghallDúghallDubhgallDoyleDowellDougalDùghallDeeule

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Dubhghall has relatives in 3 languages.

Irish

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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