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 [ 1 syll. don(n), do-nn ] The boy name Donn is pronounced DAAN KEY. Donn has its origins in the Celtic language. It is used largely in the English, Irish, and Scottish languages. The name means 'brown; king'. In Irish mythology, Donn was the king of the underworld; thus the name has sometimes been taken to mean 'king'. In modern use, it can be considered the short form of various Gaelic names with the first element donn ('brown'). Variants of Donn include Don (English and Scottish) and Donnan (English and Irish). Donn is a variant of Don (English and Scottish) in the English language. See also the related forms, Donovan (English and Irish) and Duncan (English and Scottish). Donn is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1949 with 0.019% of baby boys being given the name Donn. It had a ranking of #365 then. The baby name has experienced a substantial drop in popularity since then, and is of only very light use today. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Donn, Donovan (English and Irish) was the most frequently used. Baby names that sound like Donn include Daan (Dutch), Don (English and Scottish), Dain (English), Daine (English), Dan (German, English, and Romanian), Dane (English, Dutch, and Lithuanian), Dann (English), Dayne (English), Dean (English and German), Deane (English), Den (English), Dene (English), Dinh (Vietnamese), Dom (English), Donagh (Irish), Down (English), Duane (English and Irish), Dun (English), Dune (English), and Dunn (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Donn: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
