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Name Donovan

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descendant of Donndubhán

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Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English, Irish
US 2021 rank:	#423 ... 421:Collin, 422:Solomon, 423:Donovan, 424:Damon, 425:Jeffrey ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Donavan, Donavon Details

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About Donovan, the group of names with the same origin as Donovan

Meaning/translation:	descendant of Donndubhán
Language of origin:	Old Irish
Info about origin:	from an Irish family name Ó Donnabhain which means descendant of Donndubhán
	the given name Donndubhán can be interpreted as the little dark-brown one
Words:	donn = brown Old Irish
	dubh = dark, black Old Irish
Topics:	Family name
Variants' top ranks:	176:Donovan USA 2003, 659:Donavan USA 1999, 965:Donavon USA 1993
Name variants:	Donavan, Donavon, Donovan Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Donovan

Series	Graph	Rankings
France		2002 200
Switzerland		1997 532
USA decades	Graph	2000-2009 196, 1990-1999 251, 1980-1989 414
USA yearly	Graph	2023 466, 2022 446, 2021 423, 2020 374, 2019 352, 2018 324, 2017 321, 2016 306, 2015 282, 2014 284, 2013 281, 2012 275, 2011 254, 2010 218, 2009 215, 2008 214, 2007 197, 2006 198, 2005 185, 2004 187, 2003 176, 2002 191, 2001 211, 2000 206, 1999 210, 1998 209, 1997 213, 1996 246, 1995 260, 1994 261, 1993 249

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