Baby name

STABLE BOY · SCOTTISH GAELIC-AMERICAN
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Donnie

/DON · ee/


“World ruler”

Diminutive of Donald or Donat, used as a full given name since the mid-20th century, particularly in the United States and among Irish communities.

don · donny

gentle

How it ages.

Feels casual and mid-century; works as a nickname more naturally than a formal name.

The cultural moment.

Used in the US and Ireland from the 1940s through the 1980s.