Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Ruler of the world

Boy name variations

Donald

Donald

- 14% this year
Masculine
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Donn

Donn

+ 33% this year
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Donnie

Donnie

- 4% this year
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Donny

Donny

+ 21% this year
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Donaldson

Donaldson

0 % this year
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Donne

Donne

- 38% this year
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Donghal

Donghal

0 % this year
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Donal

Donal

0 % this year
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Donley

Donley

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Donnally

Donnally

0 % this year
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Donnell

Donnell

+ 10% this year
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How Popular Is The Name Don

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : Aberdeenshire surname, presumably a topographic name referring to the River Don, although according to Black, it may be a variant of Dunn.
  • Italian : in northern Italy (Venetia), from the personal name Dono, a shortening of dono di Dio ‘gift of God’; in the south, it is probably from the honorific title don, meaning ‘master’.
  • French : from the personal name Dodo(ne).
  • Spanish : unexplained; perhaps from the term of address don ‘mister’ (Latin dominus), in the patronymic form De Don, or perhaps a habitational name from a hypothetical place so called
  • Hungarian : from a short form of the personal name Donát (see Donath).
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Don, a variant of Dan.
  • Vietnamese ({D-}ôn) : unexplained.

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