The baby name Donnel is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdɒnəl/ (DON-əl) — US often /ˈdɑnəl/ (DAH-nəl).
Donnel is Irish, Scottish Gaelic in Origin.
The baby name Donnel is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdɒnəl/ (DON-əl) — US often /ˈdɑnəl/ (DAH-nəl).
Donnel is Irish, Scottish Gaelic in Origin.
Donnel is a streamlined Irish and Scottish Gaelic name derived from Domhnall (Old Irish Domnall), from Proto-Celtic *Dubno-walos, “world-ruler” or “world-mighty” (dubno ‘world’ + walos ‘power/rule’). It appears both as a given name and as a spelling influenced by the surname O’Donnell (Ó Domhnaill, ‘descendant of Domhnall’). Close variants include Donnell, Donal/Dónal, Dónall, Donall, Donald, and Domhnall; cognates include Welsh Dyfnwal. Short forms are Don and Donnie; feminine relatives include Donella and Donna.
The name was borne by numerous medieval Gaelic leaders, among them Domnall mac Ailpín (Donald I of Scotland) and Domnall Ua Néill, helping entrench it in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands and Isles through the Mac/McDonald clans. Donnel as a forename surfaces in Ireland and the Irish diaspora, especially in North America in the 19th–20th centuries, but remains less common today than Donald or Dónal.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #288 | 6 | 6,876 |
| SA | 0 | #310 | 3 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #370 | 14 | 11,440 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| United States | Boys | 2017 | #880 | 6 | 7,410 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #979 | 3 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 2 | 16,906 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,165 | 14 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,685 | 7 | 28,008 |
Donnel is popular in 19 countries — most recent births per country:
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