Dougal is a Scottish masculine

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. It is an Anglicised form of the

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''Dubhghall'', or ''Dùghall''. These Gaelic names are composed of the elements: ''dubh'', meaning "black"; and ''gall'', meaning "impostor". The Gaelic names are derived from a

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, said to have referred to a Dane, in contrast to the fairer

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. Variants of ''Dougal'' include: ''Dugald'', and ''Dugal''. A pet form of ''Dougal'' is '' Dougie''. which cited for the given name "Dougal".

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