Boy's name
Donn
“DOWN”
'brown', or 'chief, noble'
The story behind the name
In mythology Donn is the dark one, an ancestor of the Gaels and believed to be a god of the dead, who keeps Teach Duinn, the house where souls gather. As a given name Woulfe found it rare and almost peculiar to the Maguires.
Surnames built on this name
Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z