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What does Donovan mean?

Donovan Pronunciation of Donovan as a boys' name is pronounced DAH-na-vun. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Donovan is "dark; brown-haired chieftain". Football player Donovan McNabb.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Don-, -an

ASSOCIATED WITH irish, dark, brown, chieftain (king)

Variations

VARIANTS Donavan, Donavon, Donevin, Donevon, Donoven, Donovon

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Donovan Issa (D.I.), ..

How popular is Donovan?

Donovan is a somewhat prominent first name for men (#667 out of 1220, Top 55%) and an even more prominent last name for both adults and children (#799 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Donovan entered the list in 1900-1909 and reached its peak position of #176 in the U.S. in 2003, and is currently at #324. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

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

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

Which version is better?

Donavan (#1913 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) and Donavon are the popular alternative forms of Donovan (#324). These forms of Donovan were popular with parents in the year 2003 (ADOPTION OF 0.1%) and have become much less common since (ADOPTION 0.1%, 54%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Donovan, Donavan, Donavon in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Donovan and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Conan, Conlan, Danon, Delavan, Delevan (see Delvin), Deloran, Denman, Devan, Doan, Dolan, Donal, Donau, Donn, Donnan, Donohoe, Donohue, Dontae, Dontay, Doogan, Doran, Dorian, Doron, Dorran, Dorrian, Dougan, Douggan (see Dugan), Dowan, Duncan, Dunstan, Giovan, Jovan, Monahan, Ronan and Soloman. These names tend to be less commonly used than Donovan.

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