Donn

See also: donn

English

Etymology

  • As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Dunn.
  • As a Jewish surname, variant of Don.

Proper noun

Donn (plural Donns)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Donn is the 28829th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 825 individuals. Donn is most common among White (80.24%) individuals.

Irish

Etymology

From donn (“noble, prince”), from Old Irish, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-no-.

Proper noun

Donn m (genitive Doinn or Duinn)

  1. a male given name
  2. (Irish mythology) the legendary ancestor of the Gaels

Declension

Declension of Donn (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Donn
vocative a Dhoinn
genitive Doinn
dative Donn
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Donn
genitive an Doinn
dative leis an Donn
don Donn
Archaic
Declension of Donn (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Donn
vocative a Dhuinn
genitive Duinn
dative Donn
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Donn
genitive an Duinn
dative leis an Donn
don Donn

Derived terms

  • dar Donn! (“by Jove!”)
  • Tigh nDuinn (“the House of Donn”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Donn
radical lenition eclipsis
Donn Dhonn nDonn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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