as a Last Name
- 30,754
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Donahue
Meaning & Origins
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnchadha ‘descendant of Donnchadh’, a personal name (sometimes Anglicized as Duncan in Scotland), composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + cath ‘battle’.
| 980th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 30,754
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Donahue per capita
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