Gender | Masculine |
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Language(s) | Irish |
Language(s) | Irish |
Word/name | donn |
Meaning | 1. "brown" 2. "chief", "noble" |
Variant form(s) | 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". Its use as a given name today is represents a short form of any of the various of Gaelic names that begin with the first element donn-. A variant form of the name is Don.