Doug

Short for longer

Doug is a masculine given name, a shortened form of Douglas.

It was common in mid-20th-century America and carries a plain, unpretentious quality: Doug from accounting, my uncle Doug.

The name appears in stock phrases suggesting an ordinary guy: just some guy named Doug.

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Pitt

Pittsburgh school nickname

King of Queens · TV · character · animated · Patti · Skeeter · journal · daydream · beet · comedy

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nickname

Informal substitute name

  • guyChap or steadying cable
  • buddyInformal term for companion
  • dudeInformal word for man

man · friend · pal · fellow · chap · bloke · mate · bro · person · individual

Scottish

clan

Related group sharing ancestry

Celtic · surname · family · lineage · ancestry · Douglass · tartan · highland · Edinburgh · castle

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Douglas

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G