Donn (given name)

Donn
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Irish
Origin
Language(s)	Irish
Word/name	donn
Meaning	1. "brown"; 2. "chief", "noble"
Other names
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".^[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]

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 Cabral (born 1989), American track and field athlete
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 Barber (1871–1925), American architect

References

^ ^a ^b Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 346, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
^ "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 November 2010. which cited A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. 1996. ISBN 0-19-280050-7. for the given name "Donn".

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[Hanks-346-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 346, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1

[2] "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 November 2010. which cited A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. 1996. ISBN 0-19-280050-7. for the given name "Donn".

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