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Donato
Say it: doh-NAH-toh
Meaning
From Latin donatus 'given'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1920s
In the United States
- 3,022 babies given this name since 1890
- At its height in 1926, about 1 in 20,600 boys
- 27 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi), sculptor
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Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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