Doug is a male

personal name A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...

(or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

(affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually

Douglas Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals *Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking *Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...

. Notable people with the name include: Douglas Grosch, ex.

People

A–C

* Doug Allison (1846–1916), American baseball player *

Doug Anderson (disambiguation) Douglas, Doug, or Dougie Anderson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Doug Anderson (poet) (born 1943), American poet, fiction writer, and memoirist * Doug Anderson (singer) (born 1973), American gospel singer *Dougie Anderson (born 1976), Scott ...

, multiple people * Doug Applegate (disambiguation), multiple people *

Doug Armstrong Douglas Armstrong (born September 24, 1964) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive, currently the general manager for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is also a former general manager of the NHL's Dallas Stars ...

(born 1964), Canadian National Hockey League team general manager * Doug Armstrong (broadcaster) (1931–2015), New Zealand cricketer, television sports broadcaster and politician * Doug Baldwin (born 1988), American football player * Doug Baldwin (ice hockey) (1922–2007), Canadian ice hockey player * Doug Bennett (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Bereuter (born 1939), American former politician * Doug Bing (born 1950/51), Canadian politician * Doug Bowser (born 1965), current President of Nintendo of America * Doug Bradley (born 1954), English actor * Doug Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Burgum (born 1956), Governor of North Dakota (2016–present) * Doug Cameron (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Carpenter (born 1942), former National Hockey League head coach * Doug Chapman (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Christie (basketball) (born 1970), American basketball player * Doug Christie (lawyer) (1946–2013), Canadian lawyer and activist * Doug Clark (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Collins (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Cooper (racing driver) (1938–1987), American NASCAR driver * Doug Costin (born 1997), American football player * Doug Cowie (footballer) (1926–2021), Scottish footballer * Doug Cowie (umpire) (born 1946), New Zealand cricket umpire * Doug Cox (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Cunningham (politician) (born 1954), former Nebraska State Senator * Doug Cunningham (American football) (1945–2015), American former National Football League running back

D–J

* Doug Davies (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Davis (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug DeMuro (born 1988), American automotive journalist * Doug Edert (born 2000), American basketball player * Doug Eisenman (born 1968), American tennis player * Doug Elliot (politician) (1917–1989), Australian politician * Doug Elliott (author), American storyteller, naturalist and author * Doug Elliott (musician) (born 1962), Canadian musician * Doug Emhoff (born 1964), husband of Kamala Harris; first and current Second Gentleman of the United States * Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013), American engineer, inventor and early computer and Internet pioneer * Doug Evans (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Fieger (1952–2010), American singer-songwriter and musician, member of the rock band The Knack * Doug Fisher (actor) (1941–2000), British actor * Doug Fisher (politician) (1919–2009), Canadian politician and columnist * Doug Flutie (born 1962), American football player * Doug Ford (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Fraser (Australian footballer) (1886–1919), Australian rules footballer * Doug Fraser (Scottish footballer) (born 1941), Scottish football player and manager * Doug Frost (swimming coach) (born 1943), Australian swimming coach * Doug Frost (wine), American Master of Wine, Master Sommelier and author * John Douglas Gibson (1925/26–1984), usually known as Doug Gibson, Australian ornithologist * Doug Graham (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Grassel (1949–2013), American guitarist, member of the bubblegum pop band the Ohio Express * Doug Green (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Gurr (born 1964), British businessman * Doug Harris (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Harvey (ice hockey) (1924–1989), Canadian National Hockey League player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame * Doug Harvey (umpire) (1930–2018), member of the Baseball Hall of Fame * Doug Henry (baseball) (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher * Doug Henry (motocross) (born 1969), American former motocross racer, three-time AMA national champion * Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle (born 1930), British politician * Doug Hutchison (born 1960), American character actor * Doug Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Jones (disambiguation), multiple people

K–Z

* Doug Kelly (footballer), English footballer in the 1950s * Doug Kershaw (born 1936), American country music fiddle player, singer and songwriter * Doug Kramer (American football) (born 1998), American football player * Doug Lee (basketball) (born 1964), American retired National Basketball Association player * Doug Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Lowe (Australian politician) (born 1942), 35th Premier of Tasmania * Doug MacLeod (musician) (born 1946), American blues musician, guitarist, and songwriter * Doug MacLeod (TV writer) (1959–2021), Australian screenwriter and author * Doug Martin (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug McAdam (born 1951), sociology professor at Stanford University * Doug McEnulty (1922–1991), American National Football League player * Doug McIntosh (1945–2021), American basketball player * Doug McLean, Sr. (1880–1947), Australian rugby union and rugby league player * Doug Mitchell (Canadian football) (born 1942), retired Canadian Football League offensive lineman * Doug Mitchell (film producer) (born 1952) * Doug McLean, Jr. (1912–1961), Australian rugby union and rugby league player, son of Doug McLean, Sr. * Doug Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Mowat (1929–1992), Canadian politician * Doug Parkinson (1946–2021), Australian singer * Doug Parkinson (politician) (born 1945), Australian former politician * Doug Peterson (yacht designer) (1945–2017), American yacht designer * Doug Peterson (Nebraska politician) (born 1959), American lawyer and politician * Doug Plank (born 1953), American football player * Doug Powell (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Roberts (ice hockey) (born 1942), American former National Hockey League and World Hockey Association player * Doug Robinson (ice hockey) (born 1940), Canadian former National Hockey League player * Doug Rogers (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Smith (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Smylie (1922–1983), Canadian Football League player * Doug Spradley (born 1966), American-German basketball coach and former player *Doug Stanhope (born 1967), American comedian * Doug Supernaw (1960–2020), American country music singer-songwriter and musician * Doug Sutherland (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Taitt (1902–1970), American Major League Baseball player and minor league player/manager * Doug Walker (actor), Doug Walker (born 1981), American actor and internet personality * Doug White (politician), American member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1991–1996) and Senate (1996–2004) * Doug White (news anchor) (1944–2006), American news anchor * Doug Williams (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Wright (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

* Doug Whitty, a baby in the American animated sitcom television series ''Family Guy'' * Doug, a baby in the comic strip ''Dog Eat Doug'' * Doug, a character in the movie 2009 American comedy film ''The Hangover#Cast, The Hangover'' * Doug, a character in the 2012 video game ''The Walking Dead (video game), The Walking Dead'' * Doug Borski, one of the main characters on the Canadian teen-adult animated series ''Sons of Butcher (TV series), Sons of Butcher'' * Doug Carter, on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome * Doug, a koala man from the adult animated sitcom ''Ugly Americans (TV series), Ugly Americans'' * Doug Funnie, the main character on the animated series ''Doug (TV series), Doug'' * Doug Heffernan, the main character on the American sitcom ''The King of Queens'' * Bob and Doug McKenzie, Doug McKenzie, on the Canadian television show ''SCTV'' * Douglas Potts, in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Doug Roberts, the architect of the Glass Tower in the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno * Doug Simpson, a character played by Tony Danza in 1989 American independent coming of age comedy movie ''She's Out of Control#Cast, She's Out of Control'' * Doug Willis, on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Doug Witter, in the television series Dawson's Creek * Dig Dug, the eponymous protagonist of the Dig Dug series of video games

Plants

* Doug (tuber), Doug (or Dug), a tuber in the Cucurbitaceae family that was grown by Colin and Donna Craig-Brown near Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton in New Zealand. Formerly believed to be the world’s largest potato, until DNA evidence proved that Doug is not a potato.

References

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