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[Opinions] Douglas
Do you like Douglas?What about the nicknames Doug or Dougie?Do you live in the US, UK or somewhere else?Just wondering if the people in the UK get a different image. It was popular there for way longer, especially in Scotland.How do you imagine a Doug, Dougie or Douglas (age, looks, hobbies, job)?What kind of image do you get?Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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I like it. I know two boys named Dougie, which seems to be more popular than the full name at the moment.
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Don't like Douglas, Doug, or Dougie. The "ugg" sound reminds me of a caveman.
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I like the name Douglas. I have known/known of two people called Douglas one was born in the 1950s and one in the 1960s. One is my dad’s cousin and he lives with a long term partner and her children and drives buses. The other Douglas was my husband’s birth dad who died in 1983 when his son was just 7 months old. He worked in a factory maintaining the machines whilst going to college to study engineering.Both men were/are called Douglas by almost everyone except my mother in law who called her husband Dougie and pronounced it Doogie.
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I'm in South Africa. The only Douglas I know is late 30s to early 40s: married with children, school teacher (high school English and I think drumming); he played in the provincial Youth Orchestra, which is impressive. I like the name. His parents have Scottish connections, which might have influenced their choice of name.
Doug works well enough as a nn; Dougie is very juvenile.
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My image of Doug is from the cartoon. It's a grandpa name though, dated imo and not at all my style. I like Douglas more than Doug though. It has a more handsome sound.eta: I'm American

This message was edited 8/20/2021, 9:14 PM

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It's ok, I'm in Australia.
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