Given name
Donata
“ruler of the world”
Donata connects to the Donald name family through Donna. One Scottish interpretation is “ruler of the world.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Donata connects to the Donald name family through Donna. One Scottish interpretation is “ruler of the world.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Donata is a variant of Donna. An origin associated with Donna is Italian. In Italian use, Donata is a feminine form of Donato. An origin associated with Donato is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Donata is a feminine form of Donato.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Donata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 551
- 0 boys · 551 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 766 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Donata’s family of names
In Italian usage, Donata is a feminine form of Donato. Donata has a related form in Donna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Donata
- Donata KaralienėLithuanian rowerborn 1989
- Donata JancewiczPolish high jumperborn 1969
- Donata RimšaitėLithuanian modern pentathleteborn 1988
- Donata GottardiItalian politicianborn 1950
- Donata BurgattaItalian judokaborn 1973
- Donata KataiZimbabwean swimmerborn 2004
- Donata GovoniItalian sprinterborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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