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Meaning & Origins
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.
| 1,443rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
French: occupational name for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, Old French messier ‘harvest master’ (Late Latin messicarius, agent derivative of messis ‘harvest’).
| 7,392nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Donovon, Donovin, Donoven, Donophan, Donovahn, Donovam, Donovyn, Donoavan, Donovann, Donoban
Messer, Messina, Messick, Messenger, Messner, Messinger, Musser, Messmer, Messersmith, Massaro
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