Donald.
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & usage
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
A surname.
A place name: An unincorporated community in Long County, Georgia, United States.
A place name: An unincorporated community in the town of Pershing, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.
A place name: A community regarded as a ghost town west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada.
A place name: A town in the Shire of Buloke, western Victoria, Australia.
Where this word comes from
Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.
Abbreviation of Donald Trump (“a dump, an act of defecation”).
Where this word comes from
Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.
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