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Donald

  • /ˈdɒn.əld/ UK
  • /ˈdɑn.əld/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -ɒnəld

Where it comes from

Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.

proper noun Donalds

  1. countable, uncountable A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. "Country?" replied Cuddie; "ou, the country's weel eneugh, and it werena that dour deevil, Calver'se, ( they ca' him Dundee now) that's stirring about yet in the Highlands, they say, with a' the Donalds, and Duncans, and Dugalds, that ever wore bottomless breeks, driving about wi' him, to set things
  2. countable, uncountable A surname.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Long County, Georgia, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the town of Pershing, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A community regarded as a ghost town west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in the Shire of Buloke, western Victoria, Australia.

noun Donalds

  1. Cockney, abbreviation, slang Abbreviation of Donald Trump (“a dump, an act of defecation”). ‘But I'm overdue for a Donald. You lot squabble amongst yourselves.’ He stole Catherine's newspaper on the way out.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ronald, macdonald, donalda, tang, downer, don, dong, kym, donnie, donal, domhnall, donny, donnell, donato, donatas, donat

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Every language

name male given name

EspañolDonaldo
한국어도널드 Doneoldeu
日本語ドナルド Donarudo
中文唐納德 /唐纳德 Tángnàdé
हिन्दीडॉनल्ड ḍŏnalḍ
FrançaisDonald
DeutschDonald
ΕλληνικάΝτόναλντ Ntónalnt, Κουίντος Kouíntos
РусскийДо́нальд Dónalʹd
Tiếng ViệtĐô-nan
العربيةدُونَلْد dūnald
עבריתדוֹנָלְד

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@misc{donald_2026,
  title = {Donald},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/donald},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}