Comments for the name Donald

Never have I known someone to fit the meaning of their name as my grandad (Donald) did his! This name is wonderful!

Donald Duck and Donald Trump are two famous bearers.

Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, in my eyes, bears this name with high honor!

If you're going to give your child a name that means "ruler of the world," they're gonna have to be pretty conceited when they grow up.

When I hear this name, I can't help but think of a bumbling, not so intelligent person, but the meaning of this name, "ruler of the world" is quite the opposite of my impression.

A famous bearer is Australian cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman.

It acually reminds me of the cartoon character "Donald Duck."

Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard is the medical examiner on the show NCIS. The character is played by David McCallum.

Donald Dewar, the first ever First Minister of the newly formed Scottish Parliament from 1999 until his death in 2000.

A couple of unfortunate associations would make me hesitant to use this name for a child. The lisping and abrasive Donald Duck is fairly bad; but the real clincher is the comedy song 'Donald, Where's Yer Troosers?'. I can just imagine the endless embarrassment the poor kid would have to suffer from "witty" people singing choice lines from this song everywhere he goes. If I lived in a part of the world where this song was unknown, this would be near the top of my list of names as otherwise I like it very much.

It was Kurt Cobain's middle name.

I don't like this name. It makes me think of that selfish jerk Donald Trump.

It's also used in Poland, although rarely.

Well - now that I see the meaning of the name, the fact that Mr. Trump has had such a huge success doesn't seem so odd!

I can't believe that people would be put off a name by cartoon characters and celebs, lol! Donald is a really great name. I think the meaning fits in my mind what I imagine a Donald to be like.

Donald Knuth is a well-known computer scientist, author of 'The Art of Computer Programming.'

Det. Donald "Don" Flack is a character on "CSI:New York".

Donald O'Connor: he sang, he acted, he danced. You may know him as Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain.

Donald Watson (2nd September 1910 - 16 November 2005), founder of the Vegan Society and coined the termed 'vegan'.

Donald Faison, the actor of Scrubs and Clueless.

Awesome meaning. :)

Reminds me too much of the duck and the Trump.

Name of the Day: June 24th, 2011.

I think it's interesting that this name is really only used in America. You'd be hard pressed to find a Donald anywhere else.

According to howmanyofme.com, there are twenty-three people in the U.S. named Donald Duck!

(I knew of one that was older than the character. Perhaps at least some of these are.)

This name just doesn't do it for me because of the association with the Donald Duck cartoon character.

This has got to be the most capitalistic name ever. That said, for good or for ill, its meaning is indeed not too far off the mark.

Donald Glover is an actor/comedian who plays Troy Barnes on the American TV show "Community" and also raps under the stage name Childish Gambino.