Boy · Scottish short form of a Gaelic name
Don
Say it: DON
Meaning
A short form of Donald, from Gaelic Domhnall, usually explained as 'world ruler'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common as a full name in the US in the 1930s and 1940s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States
- 168,336 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1934, about 1 in 263 boys
- 86 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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