Given name · also Irish

Dunaldur

Dunaldur is a masculine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Faroese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Dunaldur comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Faroese usage, Dunaldur developed from Domnall.

Dunaldur’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Dunaldur developed from the Old Irish form Domnall. In Faroese usage, Dunaldur shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form DONALDAS. In Faroese usage, Dunaldur shares a linguistic root with the Welsh form Dyfnwal.

Walk Dunaldur’s family in the name graph

DunaldurDomnallDonaldasDyfnwal

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Dunaldur has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Celtic roots to each of them.

Proto-Celtic

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Irish

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Irish

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“son of Donn Sléibhe”

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Irish

Dunnagan

“descendant of Donnagán”

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Alternative

Donaher

Donaher is a surname from Irish.

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Celtic

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Celtic · Royal

Dufenal

“prince/chief of the world”

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Celtic

Duβnoɣen

Duβnoɣen is a masculine given name from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Proto-Brythonic.

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Irish

Dunlavey

“son of Donn Sléibhe”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Dunaldur’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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