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.

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

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