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Donald is a male given name. It is an anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic or Irish Gaelic personal name Domhnall/Dòmhnall/Dónall. This contains the elements dumno meaning "world" and val meaning "rule" (viz. "ruler of the world").^{[citation needed]} Compare Dumnorix and the folk etymology of Vladimir. A short form of Donald is Don; pet forms include Donnie and Donny, and in Scotland Dolly. The name Dónall is also conventionally used as an Irish equivalent of Daniel.

Gaelic kings and noblemen

Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many ancient and medieval Gaelic kings and noblemen:

• Domnall Brecc, king of the Dál Riata (d. 642)
• Domnall mac Áedo, High King of the Cenél Conaill and Ireland (d. 642)
• Domnall Midi, High King of Clann Cholmáin and Ireland (d. 763)
• Donald I of Scotland (812–863)
• Donald II of Scotland (889–900)
• Domnall I of Strathclyde (d. 908 X 916)
• Domnall II of Strathclyde (fl. 916 X 934)
• Domnall III of Strathclyde (d. 975)
• Donald III of Scotland (1033–1099)
• Domhnall Cam Ó Súilleabháin Bhéara (1561–1618)
• Domhnall MacLochlainn, High King of Ireland (1083 and 1121)
• Domhnall I, Earl of Mar (1276–1301)
• Domhnall Ó Néill, King of Tír Eógain (d. 1325)
• Domhnall II, Earl of Mar (1305–1332)
• Domhnall, Earl of Lennox (1333–1365)

Given name

• Don Bertoia, Canadian middle distance runner
• Donald Bailey (born 1934), American Jazz drummer
• Donald Bradman (1908–2001), Australian cricketer
• Donald Brashear, American professional ice hockey left winger
• Donald Braswell II (born 1963), American classical crossover tenor and composer
• Donald Burgess, British track cyclist
• Donald Cameron (born 1954), Australian water polo player and coach
• Donald Crisp (1882–1974), filmmaker
• Donald Dewar (1937-2000), 1st First Minister of Scotland
• Donald "Duck" Dunn (*1941), American bass guitarist
• Don Dunstan, Reformist Premier of South Australia
• Donald Gordon (cricketer) (born 1990), English cricketer
• Donald Hewlett (1922–2011), British actor
• Donald Izacus Panjaitan (1925–1965), Indonesian general
• Donald Knuth, renowned computer scientist
• Donal Logue (born 1969), Canadian actor
• Donald MacCormick (1939–2009), British journalist
• Donal MacIntyre (born 1966), Irish investigative reporter
• Donald Nicolaisen, American politician
• Donald Nixon, brother of former U.S president Richard Nixon
• Donald of Ogilvy (Saint Donald)
• Donald Paige (born 1956), American middle distance runner
• Donald Pleasence (1919–1995), English stage and screen actor
• Don Rickles, American stand-up comedian
• Donald Rumsfeld (born 1932), United States Secretary of Defense
• Donald Sild (born 1968), Estonian javelin thrower
• Donald Spero, world champion rower
• Donald Sutherland (born 1935), Canadian actor
• Donald Trump (born 1946), American business executive, founder and CEO of Trump Organization; aka "The Donald"
• Donald Tsang (born 1944), Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• Donald Tusk (born 1957), Polish Prime Minister, politician, chairman of Civic Platform party (Platforma Obywatelska)
• Donald Wailan-Walalangi (born 1960), Indonesian tennis player
• Donald Whitton, Canadian cellist, and teacher
• Donald Williamson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Donny Hathaway, (October 18, 1945 – January 13, 1979) American soul musician

Fictional

• Donald (see Donald and Douglas), engine number 9 in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Donald Duck, animated cartoon and comic-book character
• Donnie Darko, protagonist of a film of the same name
• Donald Draper, the protagonist of the AMC television series Mad Men

See also

• List of Irish-language given names
• List of Scottish Gaelic given names
• Clan Donald, one of the largest Scottish clans
• Donald (surname)

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