Don is a masculine
given name in the
Irish language and a short form of another masculine given name in the
English language. The Irish name is derived from the Irish
donn; the name can either mean "
brown", or "chief", "noble". The Irish name is a variant spelling of
Donn. The English name is unrelated to the Irish name; this name is a short form of the given name
Donald.
Pet forms of this English name include:
Donnie and
Donny.