Douglass
f.
Old Irish dub 'black' + Old Irish glas 'greenish, blueish'.
In 16th C England, this name was used as a woman's name as commonly as a man's.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1584 Dowgles CAmar-vol1 p. 129
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Douglass". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Douglass.