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- Irish · derived fromÓ Donnchadha“descendant of Donnchadh”
- English todayDonahue
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendant of Donnchadh”), a personal name composed of the elements donn (“brown-haired”) + cath (“battle”).
Words from the same roots
IrishÓ Donnchadha all →
DonoghueO'Donoghue
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.