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)

1. a male given name
2. (Irish mythology) the legendary ancestor of the Gaels

Declension

Declension of Donn

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Donn	Dhonn	nDonn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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