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Help[Opinions] Re: Is there a reason people don't really like the name Douglas?
in reply to a message by Dwave_The_Pebble
Some people no doubt have bad associations with one or more Douglas people; others may dislike the sound, thinking of excavation; a lot of people find it difficult to form an opinion about a name they aren't familiar with, and reject it instead. Australia and Canada, and also Brazil which amazes me, ranked it in the low 90s/100 between 1980 and 2000, so it still has some admirers! I am unaware of any mass murderers, singers of sentimental ballads etc who might have put people off their Douglas name, so it's probably perceived as over-used and outdated.
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Yes, mostly this is because it's outdated, but when I've heard people say they dislike the name it's almost always because they object to the nickname Doug being pronounced the same as the word "dug" and so make fun of it as name referring to a hole in the ground.