Dugald
Scottish Gaelic · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Dugald
The given name 'Dugald' means "dark stranger" or "black foreigner," derived from the Scottish Gaelic elements *dubh* ("black, dark") and *gall* ("stranger, foreigner").
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Etymology
The given name 'Dugald' means "dark stranger" or "black foreigner," derived from the Scottish Gaelic elements *dubh* ("black, dark") and *gall* ("stranger, foreigner"). It is primarily used in Scottish and Irish cultures, historically associated with the Clan MacDougall, whose chiefs claimed descent from Somerled, a 12th-century Norse-Gaelic warlord.
Dugald currently ranks #3,818 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1919.
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