Given name · also Irish
Dòmhnall
“world ruler”
Dòmhnall is a masculine given name from Middle Irish, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.
Original IrishDónall
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dòmhnall goes back to a word meaning “world ruler.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Dòmhnall comes from Middle Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos; its root is Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.
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Dòmhnall’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Dòmhnall has a diminutive in Doilidh. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Dòmhnall shares a linguistic root with the Welsh form Dyfnwal. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Dòmhnall has a conventional equivalent in the English form Daniel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dòmhnall has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Celtic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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>99% boys
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“from the sand hill”
>99% boys