# Dornan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,300

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
From the Irish surname, from Ó Duirnín, Ó Dornáin, possibly from dorn (“fist”).

## Easily confused with
- **Duran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dornan-vs-duran)
- **dorsal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dornan-vs-dorsal)
- **Durban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dornan-vs-durban)
- **durian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dornan-vs-durian)
- **Dora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dora-vs-dornan)
- **dona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dona-vs-dornan)
- **donna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/donna-vs-dornan)
- **Dolan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dolan-vs-dornan)
- **Doran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doran-vs-dornan)
- **Dorian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dorian-vs-dornan)
- **Doreen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doreen-vs-dornan)
- **dormant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dormant-vs-dornan)
- **doorman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doorman-vs-dornan)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddornan`, `donran`, `dornann`, `dornna`, `dornnan`, `dorrnan`, `dronan`, `odrnan`

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