Donn (given name)

Donn is a given name in the Irish language. Donn was originally a byname, which had two meanings: one of the meanings was "brown"; the other was "chief" or "noble". Its use as a given name represents a shortened form of various Gaelic names having donn- as their first element. A variant form of the name is Don.

People with the byname

• Domnall Donn (died 696), king of Dál Riata
• Donnchad Donn (died 944), High King of Ireland
• Gofraid Donn, (fl. 13th century), King of the Isles
• William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (1312–1333), noble in the Peerage of Ireland
• Rob Donn (1714–1778), Scottish Gaelic poet

People with the given name

• Donn A. Starry (born 1925), retired United States Army four-star general
• Donn Arden (1916–1994), American choreographer
• Donn Cabral (born 1989), American track and field athlete
• Donn B. Murphy (21st century), President and Executive Director of the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.
• Donn Beach (1907–1989) American businessman, adventurer, and restaurateur
• Donn Cambern (born 1929), American film editor
• Donn Clendenon (1935–2005), first baseman in Major League Baseball
• Donn Cothaid mac Cathail (died 773), King of Connacht
• Donn F. Draeger (1922–1982), American judoka
• Donn F. Eisele (1930–1987), United States Air Force officer
• Donn F. Porter (1931–1952), soldier in the United States Army
• Donn Fendler (1926–2016), lost child and author
• Donn Landee (21st century), American record producer and engineer
• Donn Moomaw (born 1931), American football player
• Donn Pall (born 1962), American professional baseball player
• Donn Pearce (born 1928), American author
• Donn Swaby (born 1973), American actor
• Donn Tatum (1913–1993), president of Walt Disney Productions
• Donn Trenner (born 1927), American jazz pianist
• Donn Barber (1871–1925), American architect

See also

• List of Irish-language given names

References