Last name: MCDOUGALL

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MCDOUGALL : This last name is indexed 49,067 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

MCDOUGALL : Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill ‘son of Dubhghall’ a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ + gall ‘stranger’. This was originally a byname used to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from the fair-haired Norwegians. Compare McDowell and Doyle.

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