Dugald
Dugald is a name with a single cultural origin: Scottish.
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Dugald
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dugald is a name with a single cultural origin: Scottish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish
The Story of Dugald
Dugald first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1919, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1919: 6 births, good for #3,736 nationwide. About 38% of every Dugald on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Dugald last appeared in the published SSA data in 1948, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Dugald
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dugald. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dugald
Phonetically similar names — useful when Dugald is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Toggled
- Diggle
- Doubled
- Tickled
- Dialed
- Dangled
- Deagle
- Dougal
- Dueled
- Dialled
- Daigle
- Dogsled
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Dugald
Dugald is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Dugald's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #3,736. Use the chart and map above to compare Dugald's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.