Donovin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DON-o-van
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Donovin is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dark brown one”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Donovin mean?
Irish: spelling of Donovan; Irish surname Ó Donndubháin, from donn, brown, and dubh, dark
“little dark brown one”
From an Irish surname; the O'Donovans were a leading family in west County Cork.
Meaning borrowed from Donovan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Donovin a girl's or a boy's name?
Donovin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donovin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Donovin, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Donovin in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 713 boys in the US were given Donovin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #448, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Donovin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Nicknames for Donovin
Names like Donovin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden, Declan, Keegan, Aiden, Finnegan, Finn, Ronan, Kayden, Deacon, Deegan, Kian, Teagan
Other spellings of Donovin
Donovan, Donavan, Donavon, Donavin, Donaven, Donnovan, Donivan
Names related to Donovin
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, “Donovin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donovin, updated 20 October 2026.