Don (given name)
Male given name
title: "Don (given name)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["english-language-masculine-given-names", "irish-language-masculine-given-names", "english-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] description: "Male given name" topic_path: "geography/ireland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_(given_name)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Male given name ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Don |
| gender | Masculine |
| language | English, Irish |
| origin | Donald |
| meaning | brown, chief, noble |
| variant | Donn |
| petname | Donnie, Donny |
| :: |
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Don is a masculine given name in the Irish language, as well as a short form of two masculine given names in the English language. The Irish name is derived from the Irish donn; the name can either mean "brown", or "chief", "noble". The Irish name is a variant spelling of Donn. The English name is unrelated to the Irish name; this name is a short form of the given name Donald or Donovan. Pet forms of this English name include Donnie and Donny.
Don can also be a surname, also derived from "brown".
References
References
- (2006). "A Dictionary of First Names". [[Oxford University Press]].
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