Donald

Donald is a male given name. It is an anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic personal name Domhnall/Dòmhnall. This contains the elements dumno meaning "world" and val meaning "rule" (viz. "ruler of the world") Compare Dumnorix and the folk etymology of Vladimir. A short form of Donald is Don; pet forms include Donnie and Donny. The name Dónall is also conventionally used as an Irish equivalent of Daniel.