Donovan

[ivyblossom]

I was looking up the history of the name "Donovan" (because I was considering it for a character name, and I wanted to know when it first came into regular use as a first name), and I found this:

The boy's name Donovan is pronounced DAH-na-vun.

Can an Irish person (or English person?) help me out with this one? Is this an American pronunciation key, or do you really say it that way? I would have thought it was DAWN-a-vun.

Comments

[zorb]

My roommate's boyfriend is named Donovan, and she says it DAWN-uh-vin. She's from New England, but I'd say the same and I'm all Californian.

[zorb]

And where I wrote "vin," I meant "ven." Approximately.