Donoghue
Donoghue or O'Donoghue is a Scottish and Irish surname , derived from Ó Donnchadha meaning "descendant of Donnchadh". Donnchadh means "brown (hairy) warrior" in German and is the Gaelic form of Duncan .
Name bearer
- Brendan O'Donoghue (* 1982), Irish snooker player
- Brooke Donoghue (* 1995), New Zealand rower
- Colin O'Donoghue (born 1981), Irish actor
- Daniel O'Donoghue (* 1980), Irish singer and songwriter
- Edward James O'Donoghue (1900-1994), New Zealand snooker player
- Emma Donoghue (born 1969), Irish writer
- Joan E. Donoghue (* 1956), American lawyer and judge
- John Donoghue (soccer player) (1903-1971), American-Irish soccer player
- John O'Donoghue (politician) (born 1956), Irish politician
- John Donoghue (writer) (born 1964), British writer
- John Francis Donoghue (1928–2011), American clergyman
- John Kingston O'Donoghue (1894–1976), British diplomat
- John P. Donoghue (* 1949), American neuroscientist
- Martin O'Donoghue (1933-2018), Irish economist, university professor and politician (Fianna Fáil)
- Mary Agnes Donoghue (* 1943), American screenwriter and film director
- Michael O'Donoghue (1940–1994), American author, comic book writer and filmmaker
- Niall Donoghue († 2013), Irish hurler
- Patrick O'Donoghue (born 1934), Irish bishop
- Paul Donoghue (* 1949), New Zealand religious, Bishop of Rarotonga
- Robin O'Donoghue (* 1945), British sound engineer
- William Bernard O'Donoghue (1843-1878), Irish-American rebel
- William F. Donoghue (1921–2002), American mathematician
Others
- The apparition of O'Donoghue , fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donoghue on surnames.behindthename.com (English)
- ↑ Duncan on behindthename.com (English)