Name: Don
Gender: Male
Usage: Don, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Don are in general originating from Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Don across the world, see Donald.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Don is: World rule, World leader.
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Numerology of the first name Don: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Don is ranked on the 182nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 3158900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.044% of the population. The name Don has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Don for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Don is 15 July.
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History and Origin
Don is a masculine given name in the Irish language and a short form of another masculine given name 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. Pet forms of this English name include: Donnie and Donny.
English and Scottish: short form of Donald. It is also a variant of the Irish name Donn.
Pet forms: Scottish: Donny, Donnie (Gaelic Donnaidh).
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