Donovan

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Donavan

Etymology

From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒnəvɪn/, /ˈdʌnəvɪn/

Proper noun

Donovan

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.
4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia, United States.
5. A village in Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

Derived terms

• Donovan body

 

Derived terms

• donovani

Noun

Donovan (plural Donovans)

1. (slang, archaic) A potato.

   Synonym: murphy

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

References

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001