Donovan

English

Etymology

From Irish Ó Donndubháin "descendant of (a person named) brown + black".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɒnəvɪn/, /ˈdʌnəvɪn/

Proper noun

Donovan

  1. A surname​,
  2. A male given name, transferred from the surname.
  3. The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan

Derived terms

References

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