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Dougal

Boy NameScottish Origin

Meaning

Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhghall, which meant "dark stranger" from dubh "dark" and gall

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Famous People Named Dougal

Dougal Butler

Peter "Dougal" Butler is a British author and retired roadie.

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Dougal McNeill

Dougal Shelton McNeill is a New Zealand academic and as of 2021 is a senior lecturer in the English Department at the Victoria University of Wellington.

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Dougal Marchant

Dougal Marchant was an English motorcycle designer, active from the 1920s to the 1950s.

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Dougal Drysdale

Dougal Drysdale (born in Scotland, UK) is a Professor Emeritus in Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and member of the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering.

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Dougal Robertson

Dougal Robertson (1924–1991) was a Scottish author and sailor who with his family survived being adrift at sea after their schooner was holed by killer whales in 1972.

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