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Donovan

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Donovan ♂ Transferred use of the Irish surname, Gaelic Ó Donndubháin ‘descendant of Donndubhán’. The latter is a personal name from donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + dubh ‘black, dark’ + the diminutive suffix -án. Its use as a given name dates from the early 1900s. The folk-rock singer Donovan had some influence on its increase in popularity in the 1960s.

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Donovan

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Donovan ♂ (Irish) Transferred use of the surname, Anglicized form of Ó Donndubháin ‘descendant of Donndubhán’, a personal name from donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + dubh ‘black, dark’ + the diminutive suffix -án.

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Donovan

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Donovan •Melanchthon •lengthen, strengthen •Nathan •Elizabethan, Ethan •Phaethon • python • leviathan •Jonathan • marathon • earthen •Carmarthen • leathern • heathen •northern • southern • burthen •Avon, Cavan, cavern, raven, tavern •Caernarfon, Dungarvan, Javan •Wilhelmshaven • Tórshavn •Bevan, Devon, eleven, Evan, heaven, leaven, Pleven, seven, Severn •Hesvan •craven, graven, haven, maven, shaven, Stratford-upon-Avon •even, Sivan, Steven •driven, forgiven, given, misgiven, Niven, riven, shriven, thriven •silvern, sylvan •Godgiven • Sullivan •enliven, Ivan, liven •cloven, interwoven, woven •Beethoven • Eindhoven • proven •coven, govern, misgovern, oven, sloven •cordovan • Donovan • Quechuan •Bronwen • Iowan

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	Donovan: Still mellow after all these years.(VARIETY) Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/17/1997
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