Boy name origins & meanings
- Old English : Ruler of the world
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Family name origins & meanings
- Scottish and Irish : reduced form of McDonald.
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Donald
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name Dòmhnall. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *Dumno-ualos ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder")
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