Dugal
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English
Etymology
Various origin:
- Either an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Dùghall or a reduced form of McDougall.
- As a French Canadian surname, from the personal name Tugal, a name of Germanic origin, from the name Tugwald, composed of *tug (“useful”) (compare *togōn (“to draw, pull”)) + *wald (“authority, power”).
- As a French surname, from du (“of the”) + the personal name Gal, both from gal (“rooster”) (from Latin gallus) and the Latin name Gallus.
- Borrowed from Punjabi ਦੁੱਗਲ (duggal); this surname is more often spelt Duggal.
Proper noun
Dugal (plural Dugals)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dugal is the 35582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 632 individuals. Dugal is most common among White (83.07%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.44%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dugal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 496.