doan

Meanings

contraction

alternative doan'

proper nounDoan (plural Doans)

plural Doans

A surname.
As central California floodwater swept away their SUV Monday morning, 5-year-old Kyle Doan, now missing, encouraged his mother. […] “He wasn’t quite processing what was going on,” Doan told CNN. “But he was so calm talking to my wife while they were still in the car.”
2023 January 11, Ray Sanchez, “Missing 5-year-old boy was pulled from mother’s arms in California floodwater”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023
1. A surname from Irish. Alternative form of Doane.
2. A surname from Vietnamese.

Various origins: * Variant of Doane. * Borrowed from Vietnamese Đoàn. Doublet of Duan.

More words from Vietnamese

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doan.

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