Dõñ

surname · Latin script

Dõñ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Late Latin dom (“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus (“master, sir”), from Classical Latin dominus, from domus (“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“a house”), f.

  • CACanada≈1 in 790(inferred from the name graph)
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.3K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 1.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dõñ itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

109,818 people, 2020

#620 (measured from records)

of 15M given names, spellings grouped

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
609 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 790 (inferred from the name graph)

Canada, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
DõñLatin(measured from records)
돈희Hangul(measured from records)
ДонCyrillic(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Don in US United States, CA Canada, GB United Kingdom and 6 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
Derivation of Dõñ: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Dõñ
  1. Late Latindom“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”(measured from records)
  2. Late Latin rootdomnus“master“master, sir”(measured from records)
  3. Classical Latindominus(measured from records)
  4. Classical Latin rootdomus“a house”(measured from records)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dṓm“a house”(measured from records)

Inherited from Late Latin dom (“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus (“master, sir”), from Classical Latin dominus, from domus (“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“a house”), from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Cited for this meaning 9

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Dõñ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dõñ is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#252109,8181 in 3K109KDon609
CA Canada#134≈52,000 est.≈1 in 7902Don270
NG Nigeria—≈50,000 est.≈1 in 4.6K—Don78
GB United Kingdom#419≈26,000 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Don252
PH Philippines—≈26,000 est.≈1 in 4.5K—Don130
AU Australia#374≈14,000 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Don219
SG Singapore#158≈4,700 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Don99
NZ New Zealand#189≈4,100 est.≈1 in 1.3K10Don114
HK Hong Kong#611≈2,900 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Don48

109,818 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Dõñ is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Finland, New Zealand

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Don, Dôn, Doñ, Ďõń, Dơn

  • Ukrainian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States, Canada

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Дон, Don, Донь, Doñ, Dôn

  • Portuguese given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, Philippines

    Also written Don, Doñ, Dón, Dờn, Dõn

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Dõñ under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dõñ mean, and where does it come from?
Inherited from Late Latin dom (“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus (“master, sir”), from Classical Latin dominus, from domus (“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“a house”), f… Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and A concise dictionary of first names and 7 other sources.
In which country does Dõñ have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 110 thousand people named Dõñ, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled don.
How common is the name Dõñ?
In the United States, the national register counted 109,818 people named Dõñ in 2020, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
How common is Dõñ compared with other names?
In the United States, Dõñ is the 252nd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dõñ” — the 252nd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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