Don is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 91 boys in the United States.
Don belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Donald.
In the United States, Don first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #50 in 1934, and in 2024 91 babies received the name — 167,538 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Don is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Irish and Celtic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Don is a boy name. In 2024, 91 babies received the name in the US.
Don comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition. It is also spelled Donald.
Don first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #50 in 1934, and 91 babies were given the name in 2024.
Don is pronounced /dɒn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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