Donnelly

Gender
Male (Masculine | Boy)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Son of Donal or dark stranger
Popularity
Donnelly is not one of the most popular names in the world, but it is not particularly rare either.

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Donnelly Name meanings & History

Son of Donal or dark stranger. Transferred use from the surname Donnelly. Donnelly is typically used as a boy's first name.

Zodiac Sign of Donnelly: Domestic Cancer

Synonyms of Donnelly:

D: Daddy,Determined,Domestic,Doting,Dutiful,Demanding

O: Obsessive,Ostentatious,Organized,Obstinate,Obsolete

N: Neat,Nitpicking,Neurosis,Nagging,Nervous,Nice,Nutrition

E: Enlighten,Entertain,Environment,Exaggerate,Enliven,Expressive

L: Lovely,Liaison,Luscious,Legal,Lover,Lazy,Languid

Y: Yin/Yang,Yen/money,Youth-giving

Donnelly is:

  • a Informal name
  • a Unintellectual name
  • a Youthful name

Famous People

Donnelly Rhodes (Canadian actor), Donnelly Dunn (American artist)

2.) Donnelly (Male)

Usage: Irish

Meanings: (Irish) a form of Donnell.

Other Forms: Donelly, Donlee, Donley


3.) DONNELLY (Male)

Usage: Irish

Meanings: Transferred use of the surname, which is an Anglicized form of O’Donnghaile (descendant of Donnghal). Donnghal is a compound name composed of the elements donn (brown) and ghal (valor). (DON-NEH-LEE)


4.) Donnelly (Male)

Usage: Irish

Meanings: (Irish) righteous

Other Forms: Donalee, Donally, Donelli, Donely, Donn, Donnellie, Donnie


5.) Donnelly (Female)

Usage: Italian

Meanings: (Italian) lush

Other Forms: Donally, Donelly, Donnell, Donnelli, Donnellie, Donni, Donnie, Donny


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