Name: Donovan
Gender: Male
Usage: Donovan, of scottish-gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Donovan are in general originating from France, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Donovan is: Dark chieftain, Strong fighter.
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Numerology of the first name Donovan: 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 4. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: traditional, organized, self-disciplined, steady, logical, practical, helpful, reliable.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Practical, Dependable
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Donovan is ranked on the 1,654th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 269500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Donovan has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Donovan for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Irish and English: from the Irish surname, Gaelic Ó Donndubháin ‘descendant of Donndubhán’, a personal name composed of the elements donn brown + dubh black, dark, with the addition of the diminutive suffix -án. Its use as a given name dates from the early 1900s. The folk-rock singer Donovan may have had some influence on its increase in popularity in the 1960s. It is now also used by people with no Irish connections.
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