Girl · Latin, through Italian
Donna
Say it: DON-uh
Meaning
From Italian donna 'lady', from Latin domina 'mistress of a household'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as a given name in English from the early 20th century, it peaked in the US in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 833,347 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1959, about 1 in 55 girls
- 136 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Dona
| Italian | Donna |
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Famous bearers
- Donna Summer, US singer
- Donna Reed, US actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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