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personal name A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek ''prósōpon'' – person, and ''onoma'' –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known. When taken together as a word-group, they all relate to that on ...

(or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is a

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

(affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Douglas. Notable people with the name include:

People

A

* Doug Allison (1846–1916), American baseball player * Doug Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Applegate (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Armstrong (born 1964), Canadian National Hockey League team general manager * Doug Armstrong (broadcaster) (1931–2015), New Zealand cricketer, television sports broadcaster and politician * Doug Aronson (born 1964), American football player

B

* Doug Baldwin (born 1988), American football player * Doug Baldwin (ice hockey) (1922–2007), Canadian ice hockey player * Doug Bennett (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Bereuter (born 1939), American former politician * Doug Bing (born 1950/51), Canadian politician * Doug Bowser (born 1965), current President of Nintendo of America * Doug Bradley (born 1954), English actor * Doug Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *

Doug Burgum Douglas James Burgum ( ; born August 1, 1956) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the 55th United States Secretary of the Interior, United States secretary of the interior since February 1, 2025, under President Donald Tru ...

(born 1956), Governor of North Dakota (2016–present)

C

* Doug Cameron (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Carpenter (born 1942), former National Hockey League head coach * Doug Chapman (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Christie (basketball) (born 1970), American basketball player * Doug Christie (lawyer) (1946–2013), Canadian lawyer and activist * Doug Clark (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Collins (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Cooper (racing driver) (1938–1987), American NASCAR driver * Doug Costin (born 1997), American football player * Doug Cowie (footballer) (1926–2021), Scottish footballer * Doug Cowie (umpire) (born 1946), New Zealand cricket umpire * Doug Cox (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Cunningham (politician) (born 1954), former Nebraska State Senator * Doug Cunningham (American football) (1945–2015), American former National Football League running back

D

* Doug Davies (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Davis (disambiguation), multiple people * Douglas DeMuro (born 1988), American automotive journalist * Doug E. Doug (born Douglas Bourne, 1970) American actor

E

* Doug Edert (born 2000), American basketball player * Doug Eggers (1930–2025), American football player * Doug Eisenman (born 1968), American tennis player * Doug Elliot (politician) (1917–1989), Australian politician * Doug Elliott (musician) (born 1962), Canadian musician * Doug Emhoff (born 1964), husband of Kamala Harris; first Second Gentleman of the United States * Douglas Engelbart (1925–2013), American engineer, inventor and early computer and Internet pioneer * Doug Evans (disambiguation), multiple people

F

* Doug Ferguson (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Fieger (1952–2010), American singer-songwriter and musician, member of the rock band The Knack * Doug Fisher (actor) (1941–2000), British actor * Doug Fisher (politician) (1919–2009), Canadian politician and columnist * Doug Flutie (born 1962), American football player * Doug Ford (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Fraser (Australian footballer) (1886–1919), Australian rules footballer * Doug Fraser (Scottish footballer) (born 1941), Scottish football player and manager * Doug Frost (swimming coach) (born 1943), Australian swimming coach * Doug Frost (wine), American Master of Wine, Master Sommelier and author

G

* John Douglas Gibson (1925/26–1984), usually known as Doug Gibson, Australian ornithologist * Doug Gillard (born 1965) American guitarist and songwriter * Doug Graham (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Grassel (1949–2013), American guitarist, member of the bubblegum pop band the Ohio Express * Doug Green (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Gurr (born 1964), British businessman

H

* Doug Hamlin, CEO of the National Rifle Association * Doug Harris (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Harrison (born 1949), Canadian politician * Doug Harvey (ice hockey) (1924–1989), Canadian National Hockey League player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame * Doug Harvey (umpire) (1930–2018), member of the Baseball Hall of Fame * Doug Henry (baseball) (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher * Doug Henry (motocross) (born 1969), American former motocross racer, three-time AMA national champion * Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle (1926–2024), British politician * Doug Hutchison (born 1960), American character actor * Doug Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Jones (disambiguation), multiple people

K

* Doug Kelly (footballer), English footballer in the 1950s * Doug Kershaw (born 1936), American country music fiddle player, singer and songwriter * Doug Kistler (1938–1980), American basketball player * Doug Kramer (American football) (born 1998), American football player

L

* Doug Lawrence (disambiguation), multiple people with the name * Doug Lee (basketball) (born 1964), American retired National Basketball Association player * Doug Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Lowe (Australian politician) (born 1942), 35th premier of Tasmania

M

* Doug MacLeod (musician) (born 1946), American blues musician, guitarist, and songwriter * Doug MacLeod (TV writer) (1959–2021), Australian screenwriter and author * Doug Martin (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug McAdam (born 1951), sociology professor * Doug McDermott (born 1992), American National Basketball Association player * Doug McEnulty (1922–1991), American National Football League player * Doug McIntosh (1945–2021), American basketball player * Doug McLean, Sr. (1880–1947), Australian rugby union and rugby league player * Doug Mitchell (Canadian football) (born 1942), retired Canadian Football League offensive lineman * Doug Mitchell (film producer) (born 1952) * Doug McLean, Jr. (1912–1961), Australian rugby union and rugby league player, son of Doug McLean, Sr. * Doug Mooers (born 1947), American football player * Doug Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Mowat (1929–1992), Canadian politician

P

* Doug Parkinson (1946–2021), Australian singer * Doug Parkinson (politician) (born 1945), Australian former politician * Doug Pederson (born 1968), NFL head coach * Doug Peterson (yacht designer) (1945–2017), American yacht designer * Doug Peterson (Nebraska politician) (born 1959), American lawyer and politician * Doug Plank (born 1953), American football player * Doug Powell (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Ptolemy, Canadian actor who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series ''

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R

* Doug Robb (born 1975), American lead singer of Hoobastank * Doug Roberts (ice hockey) (born 1942), American former National Hockey League and World Hockey Association player * Doug Robinson (ice hockey) (born 1940), Canadian former National Hockey League player * Doug Rogers (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Rowland (born 1940), Canadian politician

S

* Doug Shapiro (1959–2025), American racing cyclist * Doug Smith (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Smylie (1922–1983), Canadian Football League player * Doug Spradley (born 1966), American-German basketball coach and former player * Doug Stanhope (born 1967), American comedian * Doug Supernaw (1960–2020), American country music singer-songwriter and musician * Doug Sutherland (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Symons, Canadian politician

T

* Doug Taitt (1902–1970), American Major League Baseball player and minor league player/manager

W

* Doug Walker (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug White (politician), American member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1991–1996) and Senate (1996–2004) * Doug White (news anchor) (1944–2006), American news anchor * Doug Williams (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Wright (disambiguation), multiple people * Doug Wreden, American YouTuber and Twitch streamer known as DougDoug

Fictional characters

* Doug Billings, one of the main characters in The Hangover Trilogy * Doug, a baby in the comic strip '' Dog Eat Doug'' * Doug, a character in the 2012 video game '' The Walking Dead'' * Doug Borski, one of the main characters on the Canadian teen-adult animated series '' Sons of Butcher'' * Doug Carter, on the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome, from the TV show '' Fairly Odd Parents'' * Doug, a koala man from the adult animated sitcom '' Ugly Americans'' * Doug Funnie, the main character on the animated series '' Doug'' * Doug (Godzilla), a ''

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'' character * Doug Heffernan, the main character on the American sitcom ''

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'' * Doug McKenzie, on the Canadian television show ''SCTV'' * Douglas Potts, on the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Doug Swallow, murder victim in '' Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations'' * Doug Talpid, also known as The Underminer from ''

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'' * Doug Whitty, a baby in the American animated sitcom television series ''

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'' * Doug Williams (''Days of Our Lives''), on the American soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' * Doug Willis, on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Doug Witter, in the television series ''Dawson's Creek''

Animals

* Doug the Pug (born 2012), internet and social media personality {{given name English masculine given names Hypocorisms Masculine given names