The story behind Douglas
Unadapted borrowing from English Douglas.
Other language forms and explanations (2)
Spanish entry
a male given name from Scottish Gaelic, equivalent to English Douglas
Tagalog entry
Borrowed from English Douglas.
Pronunciation
Portuguese; Brazil: /ˈdo(w).ɡlɐs/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Portuguese; Brazil: [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɡlɐs]
- Portuguese; Rio-de-Janeiro: /ˈdo(w).ɡlɐʃ/
- Portuguese; Rio-de-Janeiro: [ˈdo(ʊ̯).ɡlɐʃ]
- Portuguese; Portugal: [ˈdo(w).ɣlɐs]
- Portuguese; Northern; Portugal: /ˈdow.ɡlɐs/
- Portuguese; Northern; Portugal: [ˈdow.ɣlɐs]
- Portuguese; Portugal; Southern: /ˈdo.ɡlɐs/
- Spanish: /ˈdoɡlas/
- Spanish: [ˈd̪o.ɣ̞las]
- Spanish: /ˈduɡlas/
- Spanish: [ˈd̪u.ɣ̞las]
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: /ˈdoɡlas/
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: [ˈd̪oɡ̠.lɐs]
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- Gender
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- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
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- same syllable count
- similar length
Angus
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- Gender
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- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
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- same syllable count
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Elvis
Unadapted borrowing from English Elvis. Unadapted borrowing from English Elvis.
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- 2 syllables
- Ending
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- similar length
Fergus
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- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
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Ffransis
Borrowed from English Francis, from Latin Franciscus.
- Gender
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- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
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- same syllable count
- similar length
Francis
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- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
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- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Douglas
Adamu
Borrowed from English Adam.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Agatha
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- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
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- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
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- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Douglas
Aaron
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- Gender
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- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
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- shared origin connection
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- Gender
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- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
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- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Adamu
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- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length