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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Dark warrior

First name variations: Dunc, Dun, Doncan, Dunkan

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Scottish and Irish (of Scottish origin): from the Gaelic personal name Donnchadh, composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + a derivative of cath ‘battle’, Anglicized in Ireland as Donagh or Donaghue. Compare Donahue.
  2. Irish (Sligo): used as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn ‘descendant of Donncheann’, a byname composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + ceann ‘head’.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: David Bowie, Alfre Woodard

This name appears in the following lists: Names from Shakespeare