Don
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning brown; ruler of the world; irish or latin origin.
Don by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Don. In the US, 90 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,111 babies in 1946, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Don. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Deondivine; a form of Dionysus or Dion159 in the US (2017)
- Diondivine; a form of Dionysus68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dovbear115 in the US (2017)
- Danhe judged26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Domlord, master; diminutive of Dominic7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Donalady; feminine form of don7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Don
Names that are said the same way as Don, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Donnbrown or dark
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Don, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Henryruler of the home2,295 in England and Wales (2025)
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Arthurbear; the legendary king3,211 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)