Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Donald
/DON · uld/
Meaning
“World ruler”
From Scottish Gaelic Domhnall, combining dumno meaning world and val meaning rule, so world ruler. One of the oldest Scottish names, carried across the English-speaking world.
Nicknames
don
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Dated in the US partly due to political associations; struggling to feel neutral.
The cultural moment.
Top 10 in the US from the 1930s through the 1950s; sharp decline and politically complicated today.