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I've known some people named Douglas. The vast majority have been 50+, though one a classmate in middle school (he'd be late 20s now).

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I don't hate it, but it does feel kind of dated.

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And I'm perfectly okay with the Doug nickname, personally.

I love Douglas and want to use it as a middle name. Not so fond of Doug due to the jokes around Doug/Dug and Doug/Dug less.

Doug sounds dim. Douglas is alright - not attractive, but a friendly middle-aged neighbour always willing to come to the rescue with a carton of milk or a few fresh eggs. I don't know any.

Some more stretch nicknames: Dudd and Duddy (like from Dudley), Duz, Duzzy, Dozen, Dutch or Dutchie.
Honorable mentions: Duke and Dukey.
That's how they got Jack from John, right?

I actually find Douglas a beautiful name; I fell in love with it when I had to write it a hundred times while working in some archives that featured a lot of Scottish immigrant records.

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Doug is kinda cute in a clodhopping sort of way, like Clyde. Dougie is so dorky and sweet, I love it.

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The other day I decided that my Beagle would make a perfect Douglas if I had to rename him.

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My childhood best friend's father was a Douglas. He's the only one I ever knew.

I immediately think of Doug Ford, the current premier of Ontario. He's an absolute tool, so the name is tarnished for me.

Nice on a dog, dowdy on a person

I love Douglas, and I used to hate Doug. Now I think its alright, especially as a diminutive. There aren't many obvious nicknames. Those are just Doug and Douggie.. Sometimes spelled like Dug and Duggie, which is kind of cute. Here are some stretches: Doe, Doey, Duff and Duffy, Dee, Glass, Gloss, or Giz and Gizzy. You have to think outside of the box.

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I have never had the pleasure of meeting a Douglas. I usually think of an old man when I hear it, or Frederick Douglass (and that wasn't even the name that he was born with). Its really handsome, and Frederick is the perfect namesake.

I like Douglas very much; Doug is probably inevitable if a nn is needed. I only know one that I can think of; he's late 30s, early 40s I'd guess.

I vastly prefer Douglas to Doug. I don't think there really are any nicknames, are there? I know one Doug and one Douglas, both are early 30s.

It's ok, don't know of any that are under 70. Other nn Dougie, Doogie