Dugal is a
surname
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with multiple origins. In some cases it is derived from the Gaelic personal name ''Dùghall'' (variously spelt), or else from a reduced form of the surname ''
MacDougall
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'' (which is an
Anglicised
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surname originating from a
patronymic
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form of ''Dùghall'', ''Dubhghall'', etc.). The Gaelic ''Dùghall'' and ''Dubhghall'' are composed of elements ''dubh'' and ''gall'', meaning "dark" and "stranger." ''Fingal'' is a Gaelic name which means "fair stranger."
In other cases, the surname ''Dugal'' is of French origin. In other cases, the surname is of
Punjabi origin, as a
Khatri
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and
Sikh
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name based upon the name of a Khatri
clan
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and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...
. This Indian surname is more often spelt ''
Duggal''.
Dugal is also a surname of a Marathi family originally given by the rulers of the Peshwa dynasty meaning the third line people in the war.
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