Douglas
Meaning: Its source is Dubhghlas, a Scots Gaelic name meaning "Dark river."
Languages: This boy's name is used in English.
Nicknames: Doug
Alternative Spellings: Douglass
Feminine Forms: Douglas
Source Forms: Dubhghlas
Popularity: The name Douglas ranked 292nd in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 45th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name makes a strong showing in state popularity data of the 1960s, but makes few (if any) appearances on lists compiled after that period.
Narrative: This is the surname of one of Scotland's most historically prominent families -- warriors and leaders who were always in the thick of things.
The slogan of this clan is jamias arriere, meaning ''never behind,'' and its badge is a salamander atop a flaming hat.
Arts and Music
- Douglas Coldin
American musician.
- Stage name: Dee Dee Ramone (see list of Real Names of the Ramones)
- Douglas Moore
- 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music)
Leadership
- Douglas H. Ginsburg
American judge.
- Circuit Judge, District of Columbia Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
- Douglas Haig (born 1861, died 1928)
British general.
- Commander of the British expeditionary forces in France and Flanders during WWI (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
- Douglas A. Warner III
- CEO of Fortune 500 company J.P. Morgan & Co. (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Douglas W. Leatherdale
- CEO of Fortune 500 company St. Paul Cos. (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Douglas MacArthur (born 1880, died 1964)
American general.
- Commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during WWII, occupation forces in Japan after the war (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
- Douglas C. Yearley
- CEO of Fortune 500 company Phelps Dodge (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
Miscellaneous
- Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (born 1910, died 1982)
English fighter pilot who served with distinction in World War II, despite having no legs.
- Shot down 22 German planes (see list of Soldiers & Swashbucklers)
- C. Douglas Dillon
- 1989 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
- L. Douglas Wilder (born 1931)
American politician. The first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state (Virginia, 1989).
- 1990 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)
Science and Philosophy
- Douglas D. Osheroff (born 1945)
American physicist. Known for his work on cooling the helium-3 isotope to a superfluid state.
- 1996 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with David M. Lee and Robert C. Richardson (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
Sports
- Douglas Lowe
British athlete.
- 1924 and 1928 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 800m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the 800m Run)
- Douglas Russell
American athlete.
- 1968 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 100m butterfly (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
- Douglas Wakiihuri
Kenyan runner.
- 1990 New York Marathon champion (see list of New York Marathon Winners)
Stage and Screen
- Douglas Austin
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''The Young and the Restless'''' (see list of Characters on ''The Young and the Restless'')
- Douglas
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Nicholas Saunders (see list of Characters in the film Bananas)
- Douglas Emerson (born 1974)
American actor.
- Portrayed Scott Scanlon from 1990-1991 (see list of Actors on ''Beverly Hills 90210'')
- Douglas Brackman, Jr.
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Alan Rachins (see list of Characters on ''L.A. Law'')
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (born 1909)
American actor, writer and producer.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- On Hollywood''s Footprints of Fame (see list of Celebrities Honored by Mann's Chinese Theater)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Douglas Muir
- Portrayed One-Ten from 1961-63 (see list of Actors on ''The Avengers'')
- Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (born 1988, died 1939)
American actor known for his swashbuckling roles.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Douglas Wambaugh
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Fyvush Finkel (see list of Characters on ''Picket Fences'')
The Literary World
- Douglas R. Casey
- Author of the 1980 nonfiction best-seller Crisis Investing (see list of Bestselling Nonfiction Authors in the U.S.)
- Douglas Southall Freeman (born 1886, died 1953)
American historian.
- Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, in 1935 for R.E. Lee and in 1958 for George Washington (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
- Douglas R. Hofstadter
American mathematician and writer.
- 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner for General Nonfiction, for Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction)
Teasing Nicknames:
- Druggie
- Dig Dug
- Buglas
- Duggie
- Dork-las
- Dog
- Doogie
- Drugless
- Dogless
- Doogle
- Duckie
- Dougy Wuggy
- Dugly
Associations:
''Douglas'' is British slang for a third-class honors degree.
