Given name
Dochaidh
“brown”
Dochaidh is a masculine given name. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dochaidh is a diminutive of Donnchadh. Donnchadh means “brown.”
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Where it comes from
Dochaidh is a diminutive of Donnchadh. Donnchadh comes from Old Irish.
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Dochaidh’s family of names
In Scottish Gaelic usage, Dochaidh is a diminutive of Donnchadh. In Scottish Gaelic usage, Dochaidh has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Dunky.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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