Don (given name)

For other uses, see Don.

Don
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	1. English language 2. Irish
Origin
Language(s)	1. English language 2. Irish
Word/Name	1. Donald 2. donn
Meaning	2. i. "brown" 2. ii. "chief", "noble"
Other names
Variant form(s)	2. Donn
Pet form(s)	1. Donnie, Donny

Don is a masculine given name in the Irish language and a short form of another masculine given name in the English language. The Irish name is derived from the Irish donn; the name can either mean "brown", or "chief", "noble". The Irish name is a variant spelling of Donn. The English name is unrelated to the Irish name. This name is a short form of the given name Donald. Pet forms of this English name include: Donnie and Donny.^[1]

Fiction

• The name Don was used in the novel Halloween by Curtis Richards, a novel that was based on John Carpenter's horror film Halloween (1978). The character Don is the father of serial killer Michael Myers and murder victim, Judith Myers.

References

1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 78, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 

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