# Donovan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɒnəvɪn/ · frequency rank #13,136

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. The Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.
4. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia, United States.
5. A village in Beaver Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.

## Etymology
From Irish Ó Donndubháin (“descendant of (a person named) brown & black”), from donn (“brown”) and dubh (“black”).

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddonovan`, `dnoovan`, `donnovan`, `donoavn`, `donovann`, `donovna`, `donovvan`, `donvoan`, `doonvan`, `odnovan`

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