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Origin and Meaning of Donovan

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• A submission from California, United States says the name Donovan means "Native chief from Pala" and is of Native American origin.
• A submission from Wisconsin, United States says the name Donovan means "A young Man, Special soul, one of a Kind!".

Other origins: English, Gaelic, and Jamaican

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From Irish Ó Donndubháin "descendant of (a person named) brown + black".

1. A surname​,
2. A male given name, transferred from the surname.
3. The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan

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• How Popular is the name Donovan? Donovan is the 934^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Donovan was the 853^rd most popular name in 2010.
• How many people with the first name Donovan have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 55,760 babies born with the first name Donovan in the United States. That's more than enough people named Donovan to occupy the territory of American Samoa (USA) with an estimated population of 55,519 (as of April 1, 2010).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Donovan? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1900 when it was given as a first name to 8 new born babies.
• When was Donovan first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Donovan is Friday, January 17th, 1879.
• What year had the most people named Donovan born? The highest recorded use of the first name Donovan was in 2003 with a total of 2,210 babies. That's a lot of babies named Donovan!
• Random Donovan Factoid: According to the 1971 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Donovan ranks 88^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in South Dakota. Imagine that, 13 babies in South Dakota have the same name as you in 1971.
• Weird things about the name Donovan: Your name in reverse order is Navonod. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Avndoon. How do you pronounce that?
• How many people have the last name Donovan? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 40,410 people with the last name Donovan.
• How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Donovan? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 14 of them will have Donovan as their last name.

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