American Family Name Origins:
O'Donovan
Frequency: (463)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donndubháin ‘descendant of Donndubhán’ (see Donovan).
GIVEN NAMES: Irish 13%. Aidan, Aileen, Brendan, Colm, Cormac, Declan, Donal, Finbarr, Grainne, Kieran.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
