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

[navy-bean.livejournal.com]

Oh dear god. you have an enormous friends list. It seems I have competition to be your new best friend!!! (thanks for friending!I have but a wee friends list so it boosts my waining ego!)

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're only a vestige of my ancient slash fanfiction-writing past, don't mind them.