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 * 1) Origin and Materials
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Origins and variants
These surnames are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic MacDhòmhnaill or Dòmhnallach. The name is a patronym meaning "son of Dòmhnall". The personal name Dòmhnall is composed of the elements domno "world" and val "might", "rule". According to Alex Woolf, the Gaelic personal name is probably a borrowing from the British Celtic Dyfnwal.

The Surname is of both Scottish and Irish ancestry.

In the context of Scottish clans, the various forms of the name refer to one of the largest clans, Clan Donald.

Frequency and distribution
In Scottish surname data, Category:Home page Category:First Category:Second