Donald
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name Dòmhnall. This comes from the Proto-Celtic Dumno-ualos. Domhnall, an Irish King of Aileach and descendant of Niall Noígíallach, was the origin of the modern surname Donnelly. The final -d in Donald is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers, and partly associated with the spelling of similar-sounding Germanic names, such as Ronald. A short form of Donald is Don. Pet forms of Donald include Donnie and Donny. The feminine given name Donella is derived from Donald.
Donald has cognates in other Celtic languages: Modern Irish Dónal ; Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall, Domhnull and Dòmhnull; Welsh Dyfnwal and Cumbric Dumnagual. Although the feminine given name Donna is sometimes used as a feminine form of Donald, the names are not etymologically related.
Variations
Kings and noblemen
Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many ancient and medieval Gaelic kings and noblemen:- Dyfnwal Hen, Ruler of Alt Clut
- Domnall Brecc, king of Dál Riata
- Domnall mac Áedo, High King of the Northern Uí Néill and Ireland
- Domnall Midi, High King of Clann Cholmáin and Ireland
- Domnall mac Ailpín
- Donald II of Scotland
- Domnall mac Eimín, Mormaer of Mar
- Donald III of Scotland
- Domnall Gerrlámhach, King of Dublin
- Domnall Ua Lochlainn, High King of Ireland
- Domhnall I, Earl of Mar
- Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
- Domhnall, Earl of Lennox
- Dyfnwal, King of Strathclyde, also known by the names Donald, Domhnall, and Domnall
- Dyfnwal ab Owain, also known by the names Donald and Domnall
- Owain ap Dyfnwal
Given name
Domhnall
- Domhnall mac Conchobair Ó Briain, Gaelic Irish military leader
- Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
- Domhnall mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha, Irish poet
- Domhnall MacAuley, Scottish physician and professor
- Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna, Scottish Gaelic poet
Donnell
- Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan, Irish landowner and rebel
Don
- Don Adams, American actor, comedian and director
- Don Airey, English keyboardist
- Don Ameche, Hollywood actor
- Don Barksdale, American basketball player
- Don Bertoia, Canadian middle distance runner
- Don Bluth, animator, film director, producer, writer, production designer, video game designer and independent studio owner
- Don Bowman , American comedian, country music singer, and songwriter
- Don Cheadle, American actor and producer
- Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator
- Don Cherry , American football player
- Don Cherry , American singer and golfer
- Don Cherry , American jazz trumpeter
- Don Ciccone, American singer-songwriter, member of the band The Critters
- Don Cornelius, American television show host and producer
- Don Cornell, stage name of Luigi Varlaro, American singer
- Dominick Don Costa, American conductor and record producer
- Don Covay, American singer and songwriter
- Don Criqui, American sportscaster
- Don Diablo, Dutch DJ, record producer, musician and songwriter of electronic music
- Don Dunstan, South Australian politician
- Don Estelle, British actor and singer
- Don Everly, American country-influenced rock and roll singer and guitarist
- Don Felder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, former member of the Eagles
- Don Frye, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
- Don Garber, American sports executive
- Don Gardner, American singer-songwriter
- Don Gibson, American songwriter and country musician
- Don Goldstein, American basketball player
- Don Gullett, American baseball pitcher
- Don Gullick, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer and coach
- Don Hathaway, American politician
- Don Henley, founding member of the Eagles rock group
- Don Herczeg, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Don Hewitt, American television news producer
- Don Ho, American pop musician, singer and entertainer
- Don Hutson, American football player
- Don Imus, American radio and television host
- Don King , American boxing promoter
- Don King , American football player and coach
- Don King , American football player
- Don King , American football player
- Don King , American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and trumpeter
- Don King , American photographer, cinematographer, and film director
- Don Roy King, American television director
- Don Kirshner, American music publisher, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter
- Don Knotts, American actor and comedian
- Don Larsen, American baseball player
- Don Lemon, American television personality and current host of CNN Tonight
- Don L. Lind, American scientist and a former naval officer and aviator, and NASA astronaut
- Don MacLean , American basketball player and color commentator
- Don Mattingly, American pro baseball player for the New York Yankees and manager of the LA Dodgers; aka "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hitman"
- Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach
- Don Nelson , American screenwriter, film producer, and jazz musician
- Don Nickles, American politician
- Don Patinkin, Israeli-American economist, and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Don Payne, American writer and producer
- Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter
- Don Reid, lead singer of American country group The Statler Brothers
- Don Rickles, American stand-up comedian
- Don Robesky, American football player
- Don Rondo, American singer
- Don Shula, American football coach
- Don Slater, British sociologist
- Don Trahan, American golfer, father of D. J. Trahan
- Don Van Vliet, American singer, songwriter and musician, also known as Captain Beefheart
- Don Warrington, Trinidadian-born British actor
- Don Waterman, American racing driver
- Don Webb , American football player
- Don Webb, English playwright and dramatist
- Don Webb , American science fiction, mystery, and horror writer
- Don Wilson , American football player
- Don Wilson , American radio and television announcer and actor
- Don Wilson , Australian footballer
- Don Wilson , American baseball pitcher
- Don Wilson , English cricketer
- Don Wilson , American Christian pastor and creationist
- Don E. Wilson, American zoologist
- Don M. Wilson III, American banker and corporate director
- Don W. Wilson, American historian and archivist
Donal
- Donal Logue, Canadian actor
- Donal MacIntyre, Irish investigative reporter
- Donal Murray , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick
- Donal O'Brien, many individuals
- Donal O'Donoghue, Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Donal O'Shea, Canadian mathematician
- Donal O'Sullivan, many individuals
- Donal Roe MacCarthy Mór, 13th-century noble of Ireland, Prince of the Kingdom of Desmond
- Donal MacCarthy Reagh, 9th Prince of Carbery
- Donal Skehan, Irish singer, television personality/presenter, food writer/cook and photographer
Dónal
- Dónal Lunny, Irish folk musician
- Donal Óg Cusack, Irish hurler
Donald
- Donald Bailey, American jazz drummer
- Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer
- Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player
- Donald Burgess, British track cyclist
- Donald Byrd, American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter
- Donald Cameron, Australian water polo player and coach
- Donald M. Campbell Jr., retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the commanding general of United States Army Europe
- Donald Capelle, Marshallese politician
- Donald Chumley, American football player
- Donald Crisp, filmmaker
- Donald D. Deshler, American educator
- Donald Dewar, Labour Party MP and first First Minister of Scotland
- Donald Disney, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Donald Driver, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
- Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass guitarist
- Donald Faison, American actor and comedian
- Donald Foss, American billionaire, founder of Credit Acceptance
- Donald Friese, American billionaire businessman
- Donald Henry Gaskins, American cannibalistic serial killer, rapist, and thief
- Donald Geisler, Filipino taekwondo athlete
- Donald Glover, American actor, musician, writer, comedian, and producer
- Donald Gordon , English cricketer
- Donald Hawkins, American football player
- Donald Harvey, prolific American serial killer
- Donald Hewlett, British actor
- Donald Izacus Panjaitan, Indonesian general
- Donald Edward Jones, American politician
- Donald Keene, American-Japanese literary scholar
- Donald Knuth, American computer scientist
- Donald Maclean , British diplomat and Soviet spy
- Donald MacCormick, Scottish journalist
- Donald R. MacLeod, Canadian politician
- Donald R. McMonagle, former astronaut and a veteran of three shuttle flights
- Donald Moatshe, South African musician
- Donald "Don" Muraco, American retired wrestler
- Donald Nicol, Scottish politician
- Donald Nicolaisen, American politician
- Donald Nixon, younger brother of 37th U.S. President Richard Nixon
- Donald of Ogilvy
- Donald Parham, American football player
- Donald Perera, 11th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
- Donald H. Peterson, United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut
- Donald Pettit, American chemical engineer and a NASA astronaut
- Donald Pleasence, English actor
- Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana
- Donald Ray "Don" Vaughan, North Carolina, US, politician
- Donald Rawson, American historian
- Donald Richie, American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema
- Donald A. Ritchie, Historian Emeritus of the United States Senate
- Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, rock musician, guitarist for Blue Öyster Cult
- Donald Rumsfeld, United States Secretary of Defense
- Donald Sanford, American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
- Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower
- Donald "Deke" Slayton, American astronaut
- Donald Spero, world champion rower
- Donald Sterling, sports team owner
- Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor
- Donald A. Thomas, American engineer and a former NASA astronaut
- Donald J. Trahan, Jr., American golfer
- Donald Trahan, American politician
- Donald Triplett, first person to be diagnosed with autism
- Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States, businessman
- Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- Donald Tusk, former President of the European Council, former Polish Prime Minister
- Donald Wailan-Walalangi, Indonesian tennis player
- Donald Watson, English animal rights advocate and founder of the Vegan Society
- Donald Woodward Lee, American philologist
- Donald Whitton, Canadian cellist and teacher
- Donald E. Williams, American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut
- Donald Williamson, multiple people
- Donald Wilson, multiple people
- Donald Young , American tennis player
Donaldo
- Donaldo Arza, Panamanian track and field athlete
- Donaldo González, Panamanian footballer
- Donaldo Hontiveros, Filipino basketball player
- Donaldo Macedo, American academic
- Donaldo Méndez, Venezuelan baseball player
- Donaldo Morales, Honduran footballer
- Donaldo Ortiz Colín, Mexican politician
- Donaldo Ernesto Reyes, Honduran lawyer and politician
Donnie
- Donnie McKinnon, Scottish footballer
- Donnie Wahlberg, American singer, actor and film producer
Donny
- Donny Hathaway, American soul musician
- Donny Osmond, American singer and actor
Fictional
- Donald, engine number 9 in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Donald Blake, the secret identity of The Mighty Thor, from Marvel Comics
- Donald Duck, Disney animated cartoon and comic-book character
- Donnie Darko, protagonist of a film of the same name
- Donald "Don" Draper, protagonist of the AMC television series Mad Men
- Donald "Ducky" Mallard, character in the TV show NCIS
- Donald Fisher, fictional character portrayed by Norman Coburn in Home and Away
- Donald Morden, fictional character from the video game series Metal Slug
- Sir Donald McDuck, Disney character who is an ancestor of Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck