Donavyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAH-nuh-vin
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Donavyn is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark brown”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Donavyn mean?
Irish: variant spelling of Donovan, from Irish Ó Donnabháin
“dark brown”
A variant of Donovan, an Irish surname from Ó Donnabháin, which is built on donn 'brown' and dubh 'dark'.
Is Donavyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Donavyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donavyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Donavyn, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Donavyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Donavyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Donavyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Declan, Keegan, Finnegan, Aiden, Finn, Kayden, Ronan, Deegan, Deacon, Teagan, Kian
Names related to Donavyn
Donovan, Donavan, Donavon, Donavin, Donaven, Donivan, Donovin, Donnovan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Donavyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donavyn, updated 20 October 2026.