Donn (given name)
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| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Language | Irish |
| Origin | |
| Language | Irish |
| Word/name | donn |
| Meaning | 1. "brown" 2. "chief", "noble" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Don |
Donn is a given name in the Irish language. Donn was originally a byname, which had two meanings: one of the meanings was "brown"; the other was "chief" or "noble".[1] Its use as a given name represents a shortened form of various Gaelic names having donn- as their first element.[2] A variant form of the name is Don.[1]
- Domnall Donn (died 696), king of Dál Riata
- Donnchad Donn (died 944), High King of Ireland
- Gofraid Donn, (fl. 13th century), King of the Isles
- William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (1312–1333), noble in the Peerage of Ireland
- Rob Donn (1714–1778), Scottish Gaelic poet
