# Donahue

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,111

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A city in Scott County, Iowa, United States.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendant of Donnchadh”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown-haired”) + cath (“battle”).

## Easily confused with
- **donate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donahue-vs-donate)
- **Donohue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donahue-vs-donohue)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddonahue`, `dnoahue`, `doanhue`, `donaheu`, `donahhue`, `donauhe`, `donhaue`, `donnahue`, `odnahue`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/donahue