Donnchadh () is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

common to the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages. It is composed of the elements ''donn'', meaning "brown" or "dark" from Donn a Gaelic God; and ''chadh'', meaning "chief" or "noble". The name is also written as Donnchad, Donncha, Donnchadha and Dúnchad. Modern versions include (in Ireland)

Donnacha Donnacha is an Irish given name; a variant of Donnchadh. Notable people with the name include: * Donnacha Cody (born 1985), Irish hurler for the Kilkenny senior team * Donnacha Dennehy (born 1970), Irish composer * Donnacha Fahy (born 1979), Iris ...

, Donagh, Donough, Donogh and (in Scotland)

Duncan Duncan may refer to: People * Duncan (given name), various people * Duncan (surname), various people * Clan Duncan * Justice Duncan (disambiguation) Places * Duncan Creek (disambiguation) * Duncan River (disambiguation) * Duncan Lake (d ...

. The Irish surnames Donough, McDonagh, McDonough, O'Donoghue and Dunphy among others are derived from the given name (In Gaelic: Mac - son of, Ó - of the family of). Another derivation is the name of the

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

Clan Donnachaidh.

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* In modern times people with the name include; ** Donogh O'Malley (1921–1968) Irish Government minister ** Donncha O'Callaghan (born 1979) current international rugby player (Munster, Ireland and 2005 British and Irish lions) ** Donnchadh Ó Corráin (1942–2017) Irish historian ** Donnchadh Walsh (born 1984), Irish Gaelic footballer ** Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (born 1989), Irish Sinn Féin politician and TD for Cork South–Central Historically, it can refer to the following: * Kings in Ireland ** Donnchad Donn (Donnchad mac Flainn) - High King 918 - 942 ** Donnchad mac Briain - self-styled High King 1024 - 1026 (with opposition) - son of Brian Boru ** Donnchad Midi of Clann Cholmáin, King of Mide (died 797) ** Donnchad mac Domnall Claen of the Uí Dúnlainge, King of Leinster (deposed 1003) ** Donnchad mac Cellacháin (died 963), King of Cashel (or Munster) * Kings of Alba or Scotland **

Donnchad mac Crínáin Donnchad mac Crinain ( gd, Donnchadh mac Crìonain; anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" or "the Sick"; c. 1001 – 14 August 1040)Broun, "Duncan I (d. 1040)". was king of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland (''Kingdom ...

(also Donnchad ua Maíl Coluim) (ruled 1034–1040) ** Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim (born 1065x1069, killed 1094) * Kings of Dál Riata (ancient Gaelic kingdom in western Scotland and north east Ireland) ** Dúnchad mac Conaing (or Dúnchad mac Dúbain) (died c. 654) ** Dúnchad Bec (died 721) * Mormaers in Scotland **

Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick Donnchadh (; Latin: Duncanus; English: Duncan) was a Gall-Gaidhil prince and Scottish magnate in what is now south-western Scotland, whose career stretched from the last quarter of the 12th century until his death in 1250. His father, Gille-B ...

** Donnchad I, Earl of Fife ** Donnchad II, Earl of Fife **

Donnchadh III, Earl of Fife Donnchadh III or Duncan was Earl of Fife (or Mormaer) from 1270/2 to 1288. He succeeded as only a child, the son of the previous Mormaer Colbán, who died young. During his minority, William Wishart, Bishop of St Andrews, became ''custos'' ...

** Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife **

Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox Donnchadh of Lennox was the Mormaer of Lennox, 1385–1425. He was a son of Baltar mac Amlaimh and Margaret, daughter of Domhnall, Earl of Lennox. When Domhnall of Lennox died in 1365, Donnchadh's mother Margaret became ruler of Lennox. It had ...

Donnchadh, Earl of Mar Donnchadh of Mar (Anglicized as Duncan) is the fifth known Mormaer of Mar or Earl of Mar, 1203–1244. Donnchadh was the son of Morggán and Agnes. Donnchadh benefited from the introduction of feudal primogeniture as a custom, as it enabled hi ...

** Donnchadh of Argyll * Other people ** Dunchad I of Iona, Abbot of Iona,

Inner Hebrides The Inner Hebrides (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Na h-Eileanan a-staigh'', "the inner isles") is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, whic ...

** Donnchadh Ó Briain, Irish politician (1897–1961) ** Donnchad Baccach Ó Maolconaire (died 1404), poet and historian ** Duncan Ban MacIntyre (Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir), Scottish poet (1724–1812_) ** Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Irish historian **

Donnchadh MacRath Donnchadh MacRath (d. c. 1700), also known as Duncan MacRae of Inverinate and Donnchadh nam Pìos, was a Scottish Gaelic poet and the compiler of the Fernaig manuscript which he committed to paper using an English-influenced system of orthography. ...

, Scottish poet **

Donnchadh de Strathearn Donnchadh de Strathearn was a 14th-century bishop of Dunkeld. He was probably from the family of the Gaelic Earls of Strathearn, perhaps even the son of Maol Íosa IV, Earl of Strathearn. He was in the company of, as his brother Maol Íosa V was ...

, bishop of Dunkeld, Scotland

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