Donnelly - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Donnelly \d(on)-nelly, donn(el)-ly\ is a variant of Donnell (Scottish, Irish), and the meaning of Donnelly is "world mighty; brown-haired fighter".

The baby name Donnelly sounds like Donnel and Donell. Other similar baby names are Connell, Dontell, Lonnell and Ronnell.

Donnelly is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#1312 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

[Top]