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 28829^th 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 case singular nominative Donn vocative a Dhoinn genitive Doinn dative Donn forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Donn genitive an Doinn dative leis an Donn don Donn

Archaic

Declension of Donn (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Donn vocative a Dhuinn genitive Duinn dative Donn forms with the definite article case 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Donn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN