Donivan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Donivan by the numbers
Donivan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 55 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Donivan
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 Donivan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Donovandark brown warrior; surname used as given name1,056 in the US (2017)
- Donavandark warrior; irish surname as given name90 in the US (2017)
- Dorianof or from Doris; relating to the Dorians538 in the US (2017)
- Donavindark brown; respelling of Donovan33 in the US (2017)
- Donavondark warrior; a variant of Donovan23 in the US (2017)
- Donovindark warrior; a form of Donovan15 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Donivan
Names that are said the same way as Donivan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Donnovandark-haired chief; a variant of Donovan14 in the US (2017)
- Donovenbrown-haired noble; a variant of donovan8 in the US (2017)
- Donovynbrown-haired noble; a spelling variant of donovan8 in the US (2017)
- Donovondark brown warrior; variant of Donovan5 in the US (2017)
- Donavyn13 in the US (2017)
- Donaven11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Donivan
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