Gracious defender. From south Munster. From a surname derived from the Irish 'Deas Mumhain' meaning 'South Munster. From South Munster. An Irish surname referring to Munster: (one of ancient Ireland's five regions.).
Mother goddess. Dark stranger. A diminutive of Donald, meaning world mighty, or Donovan, meaning dark brown. Frequently used as a name on its own.Abbreviation of any name beginning with Don-. In mythology the Irish Donn was known as king of the underworld. Brown-haired chieftain. From an Irish surname meaning dark brown. Present. Great cheif, world mighty. From the Gaelic Domhnall. The name Donald has been borne by a number of early Scottish kings.
Dweller by the dark stream. Dark stranger. From the Gaelic dubhgall, meaning dark stranger. Daugal was the nickname the Irish gave to the Vikings. Dark-skinned stranger.
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Dweller by the dark stream. Dwells by the dark stream. Dark water. In the seventeenth century, this name was as popular for girls as for boys. Dark stranger. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 1, where it belongs to archibald, The Earl of Douglas. From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river. The Scottish Douglas clan had two historical branches: (Black Douglases and Red Douglases.) The lords of these clans figure in Sir Walter Scott's novels.