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Donald

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

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Donald at a glance

Origin
Scottish
Root meaning
“prince / chief of the world”
Pronunciation (IPA)
/ˈdɒn.əld/, /ˈdɑn.əld/

Etymology

Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.

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What does the name Donald mean?

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. Its root means "prince / chief of the world".

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).