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What does Donald mean?

Donald Pronunciation of Donald as a boys' name is pronounced DAHN-ald. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Donald is "great chief; world mighty". Donald is one of the clan names of Scotland. Linked nowadays to the cartoon duck created by Disney. Actors Donald Sutherland, Don Cheadle, Donal Logue; US President Donald Trump; singer Donny Osmond.

STARTS WITH Don-

ASSOCIATED WITH scottish, gaelic, great, chief (leader), mighty (strong), clan (surname)

Variations

VARIANT Donnell

RELATED FORMS VIA DON, DONAL, DONNY Donell, Donn, Donnan, Donne, Donnel, Donnie, Donny

FEMININE FORM Donalda

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Donald Isaak (D.I.), ..

How popular is Donald?

Donald is a very prominent first name for males (#15 out of 1220, Top 1%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#2802 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Donald reached its highest position of #7 in the U.S. during the years 1930-1939, and is at #526 presently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Donald name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Donald outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent alternative forms of Donald (#526 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) appearing in the Top 2000 are Don (#1501), Donal, Donell, Donn, Donnell, Donnie (#1891) and Donny. These relations of Donald reached the peak of their popularity 9 decades ago (MEDIAN #681) and have become significantly less conventional since.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Donald, Don, Donal, Donell, Donn in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Donnell, Donnie, Donny in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Donal outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Arnald, Arnold, Bald, Conal, Conall, Dainard, Dale, Daly, Dana, Danal, Danar, Daneal, Danell, Danial, Danil, Danilo, Danyal, Dard, Darnall, Darold, Daynard (see Dainard), Denali, Denly, Derald, Deval, Doan, Doane, Dod, Dolan, Dolf, Donahoe, Donahue, Donato, Donatus, Donau, Donavan, Dondre, Dontae, Dontaye, Donte, Dontey, Doran, Dorli (see Dor), Dougal, Dougall, Dowan, Doyle, Dugaid, Dugal, Dugald, Dugall (see Dougal), Dunly (see Dunley), Durand, Duval, Duvall, Evald, Ewald, Fernald, Furnald, Gerald, Harald, Jerald, Mcdonald, Oswald, Ranald, Raynald, Reinald, Roald, Ronal, Ronald, Ronaldo, Roneld, Sewald, Torald and Tybald. These names tend to be less commonly used than Donald.

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