Given name
Donncha
“brown”·“battle”
Donncha is a masculine given name from Old Irish. It is used in Irish.
Original IrishDonnchadh
Meaning & origin
What it means
Donncha is built from elements meaning “brown” and “battle”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Donncha’s family of names
In Irish usage, Donncha shares a linguistic root with the Manx form Donnaghey. In Irish usage, Donncha has a conventional equivalent in the English form Duncan. In Irish usage, Donncha has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Dionisio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Donncha has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
Irishwhere Donncha comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Donncha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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>99% boys
Donlon
“descendant of Domhnallán”
88% boys · 12% girls
Donaho
“descendant of Donnchadh”
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Donaher
Donaher is a surname from Irish.
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Donnellan
“descendant of Domhnallán”
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Donohew
“descendant of Duncan”
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Donegan
“descendant of Donnagán”
80% boys · 20% girls
Donahey
“descendant of Donnchadh”
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