Last name: DONALD
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DONALD : This last name is indexed 339,998 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
DONALD : 1: Scottish: shortened form of McDonald (Mac Dhomhnaill) from the Gaelic personal name Domhnall; found in 13th- and 14th-century Scotland as Dofnald Douenald Dufenald and Donald.2: Irish (Ulster): possibly also a shortened and altered form of Irish O'Donell.
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