Name
DONNA

Name DONNA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 902,029 births of Donna in the countries below, which represents an average of 6,352 births of children bearing the first name Donna per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 205 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Donna   
In Italiano Nome Donna   
Variations : Dona , Doňa


Information about the first name Donna

The first name Donna is listed in our categories :The first name Donna has been assigned to:
0.04% to boys
99.96% to girls
The country where the first name Donna is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Donna

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Donna : Andon, Danno, Danon, Donan, Nando, Nodan, Nonda

Donna in Japanese *

Romajidona
Katakanaドナ
Hiraganaどな
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Donna in Japanese
Edit and Download this image

Donna in sign language

Donna in binary language

01100100 01101111 01101110 01101110 01100001

Origin and meaning of name Donna

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.
Etymology src :
  • A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒnə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑnə/, /ˈdänːə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnə
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Donna
  • A female given name from Italian.
  • A city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, named after postmistress Donna Fletcher.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Donna (plural Donnas)
  • A surname from Italian.
Anagrams src :
  • Danno, Nando, nonad, nonda
Noun src :
  • donna (plural donnas)
  • A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
  • Synonyms: lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman
  • Coordinate term: don
Pronunciation src :
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒn.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.nə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnə, -ɑnə
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • donna angelica
FR French
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /dɔ.na/
Verb src :
  • donna
  • third-person singular past historic of donner
Old French
Noun src :
  • donna ? (oblique plural donnas, nominative singular donna, nominative plural donnas)
  • (Anglo-Norman) lady
General
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Italian Donna.
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Italian donna. Attested since 1841.
Noun src :
  • donna c
  • (colloquial, often ironic or somewhat derogatory) a (younger) woman
  • a donna
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”). Doublet of dama.
Anagrams src :
  • Nando, danno, dannò
Noun src :
  • donna f (plural donne, diminutive (sometimes derogatory or endearing) donnétta; donnìna or donnìno m, augmentative donnóna or donnóne m, pejorative donnàccia, derogatory donnàccola or donnùcola or donnàcchera, diminutive-derogatory donnùccia or donnicciòla)
  • woman
  • Antonyms: ragazza, uomo
  • (archaic) lady
  • Synonyms: signora, dama
  • wife
  • Synonym: moglie
  • (card games) queen
  • Synonym: regina
  • actress
  • Synonym: attrice
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔn.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnna
  • Hyphenation: dòn‧na
Proper noun src :
  • Donna m or f by sense
  • a surname originating as a matronymic
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • → English: donna
  • → Swedish: donna
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
  • From Swedish donna.
Anagrams src :
  • nadon
Noun src :
  • donna
  • (slang) woman
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈdonːɑ/, [ˈdo̞nːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -onːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): don‧na
NO Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun src :
  • donna f (definite singular donnaa, indefinite plural donnaer, definite plural donnaene)
  • This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Irish
Adjective src :
  • donna
  • nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of donn (“brown”)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə/
 

Popularity of the name Donna

Number of DONNA births per year

Total births of Donna by country

Births with the first name Donna
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
353
828,555
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
30,345
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
27
17,295
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
7,651
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
7,128
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
0
4,695
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
3,501
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
691
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
436
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
0
430
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
241
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
139
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
130
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1
117
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
105
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
64
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
41
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
1
30
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1
26
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
13
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
7
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
6

Total births of Donna by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Donna
Country
Boys
Girls
NLNetherlands
2022
0
116
USUnited State of America
2022
0
52
SESweden
2022
0
10
BEBelgium
2022
0
6
FRFrance
2022
0
5
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
4
ARArgentina
2015
0
3
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
3
DEGermany
2022
0
2
ITItaly
2021
0
2
CLChili
2021
0
1
DKDenmark
2022
0
1

Comments on the name Donna

Personalities with the first name Donna

There are 60 personalities with the first name Donna


Donna Strickland
src

Canada
Physicist University teacher


Donna Summer
(Ladonna Adrian Gaines) src

United states of america
Actor Composer Singer Musician Songwriter Recording artist


Donna Reed
(Donna Belle Mullenger) src

United states of america
Actor Television actor Film actor Peace activist


Donna Tartt
src

United states of america
Writer Literary critic Novelist Essayist


Donna Haraway
src

United states of america
Historian Biologist University teacher Sociologist Philosopher Non-fiction writer


Donna Karan
src

United states of america
Fashion designer Designer International forum participant


Donna Vekić
src

Croatia
Tennis player


Donna Leon
src

United states of america Switzerland
Writer Teacher Docent Travel guide Film director Music interpreter Film producer Novelist Crime fiction writer Copywriter


Donna Douglas
src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Songwriter Model Television actor Film actor Beauty pageant contestant


Donna Murphy
src

United states of america
Singer Stage actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Donna
Full list of personalities with the first name Donna

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Donna

There are 1720 actors and actresses with the first name Donna
Donna Clacer
Donna Bell
Donna Simone Johnson
Donna Michelle
Donna Feldman
Donna Marie
Donna Ward
Donna 'Chipmunk' Mccusker
Donna Red
Donna Air
Donna Vivino
Donna Decianni
Donna Cruz
Donna Vargas
Donna Doll
Donna Warner
Donna Serdula
Donna Ricci
Donna W. Scott
Donna G. Earley
Donna Lynne Champlin
Donna Frenzel
Donna Matthews
Donna Perry
Donna Ewin
Donna D'errico
Donna M. Santistevan
Donna Harun
Donna Jay Fulks
Donna Brothers

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Donna
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Donna

Rankings of first name DONNA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name DONNA (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#134NL Netherlands2022
#633SE Sweden2022
#1234AR Argentina2015
#1312BE Belgium2022
#1805CH Switzerland2021
#1976US United State of America2022
#2698DK Denmark2022
#4462IT Italy2021
#5021FR France2022
#5501GB United Kingdom2021
#5844DE Germany2022
#6858CL Chili2021