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Donn (given name)

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Gender
  
Masculine

Language(s)
  
Irish

Variant form(s)
  
Don

Language(s)
  
Irish

Word/name
  
donn

Meaning
  
1. "brown" 2. "chief", "noble"

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.

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People with the byname

  • 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

    • People with the given name

  • Donn A. Starry (born 1925), retired United States Army four-star general
  • Donn Arden (1916-1994), American choreographer
  • Donn B. Murphy (21st century), President and Executive Director of the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.
  • Donn Cambern (born 1929), American film editor
  • Donn Clendenon (1935-2005), first baseman in Major League Baseball
  • Donn Cothaid mac Cathail (died 773), King of Connacht
  • Donn F. Draeger (1922-1982), American judoka
  • Donn F. Eisele (1930-1987), United States Air Force officer
  • Donn F. Porter (1931-1952), soldier in the United States Army
  • Donn Fendler (born 1927), Boy Scout
  • Donn Landee (21st century), American record producer and engineer
  • Donn Moomaw (born 1931), American football player
  • Donn Pall (born 1962), former American professional baseball player
  • Donn Pearce (born 1928), American author
  • Donn Swaby (born 1973), American actor
  • Donn Tatum (1913-1993), president of Walt Disney Productions
  • Donn Trenner (born 1927), American jazz pianist
  • Donn Kean Degnon (born 1940), American, retired

    • References

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