Donaven
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Donaven by the numbers
Donaven was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 66 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Donaven
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Donaven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Donavandark warrior; irish surname as given name90 in the US (2017)
- Donavindark brown; respelling of Donovan33 in the US (2017)
- Donavondark warrior; a variant of Donovan23 in the US (2017)
- Donovenbrown-haired noble; a variant of donovan8 in the US (2017)
- Donavyn13 in the US (2017)
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Donaven
Names that are said the same way as Donaven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Donaven
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