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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Male given name Don
GenderMasculine
LanguageEnglish, Irish
Origin
Word/nameDonald
Meaningbrown, chief, noble
Other names
Variant formDonn
Pet formsDonnie, Donny

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.[1]

Don can also be a surname, also derived from "brown".[citation needed]

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  • List of people named Donald
  • All pages with titles beginning with Don

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 78, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
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