McDonald - name meaning and origin

The boy's name McDonald \m-cdona-ld, mc-do-nald\ is a variant of Macdonald (Scottish, Gaelic), and the meaning of McDonald is "son of Donald".

The baby name McDonald sounds like MacDonald. Another similar baby name is Donald.

McDonald is a very rare male first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name McDonald. Compare McDonald with related baby names.