64%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Old Irish [1] Meaning & History Composed of the Old Irish element donn "brown" combined with dub "dark" and a diminutive suffix. Related Names Rootsdonn + dub Categories brown, colors, dark Sources & References O'Brien, Kathleen M. Index of Names in Irish Annals, available from https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/Donnduban.shtml.