Donald
Donald is a boy name of Scottish origin, meaning World ruler; great chief.
What Donald means
World ruler; great chief.
Donald sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Donald comes from
Scottish names draw on both Gaelic and Scots, and many began as clan or place names before becoming personal ones.
Donald is recorded as Scottish in origin. Browse other Scottish names.
How popular is Donald?
You will not find Donald in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Donald
Two ideas meet in Donald: strength and royalty and rule. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Donald
These share Donald's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.
- Darius — He who holds firm; a wealthy king.
- Dirk — Ruler of the people.
- Magnus — Great, mighty.
- Ariki — Chief; a high-born leader.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- Edward — Wealthy guardian.
- Eero — Eternal ruler.
- Enrique — Ruler of the home.
- Erik — Eternal ruler.
- Griffith — Strong lord; chief.
- Hakan — Ruler; emperor.