"Form of Donovan"
The name Donivan is commonly a male name from the "Irish" origin.
Donivan is a rare respelling of Donovan, the English form of the Irish surname O Donnabhain, which is built on the byname Donnabhan, from donn, meaning brown, with a diminutive suffix. The two spellings are pronounced the same and carry no difference in meaning. The earliest United States birth record for this spelling is from 1913, which fits a respelling of an inherited surname already in use as a given name rather than an independent coinage.
Donovan means "Dair-haired warrior.".
The pronunciation of Donivan is DON-ih-van.
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