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Donnelly - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Donnelly

[ 3 syll. don-nel-ly, do-nne-lly ] The boy name Donnelly is pronounced DAANahLiy or DAANehLiy KEY. Donnelly is of Celtic origin and it is used mainly in English. The name Donnelly means 'dark courage; brave, dark one'. Variants of Donnelly include Don (English and Scottish), Donely (English), Donnel (English), and Donnell (English).

Donnelly is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Donnelly include Donely (English), Danial (English), Daniela (Russian), Daniil (Russian), Danijel (Slavic), Danila (Russian), Danilo (Italian, Portuguese, Slavic, Spanish, and Ukrainian), Danylo (Russian), Denali (Apache), Dainial (Irish), Danail (Slavic), Danal (English), Daneil (Hungarian), Danel (Basque), Daniel (Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Daniele (Italian), Danielo (Italian), Daniël (Dutch), Danil (Slavic), and Danyel (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Donnelly: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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