Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Donie is a diminutive of Donal. In English usage, Donie is a diminutive of SYNDONIA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Donie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,087
- 131 boys · 956 girls
- Most popular year
- 1895
- 25 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 boys is 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 326 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.
Donie’s family of names
In English usage, Donie is a diminutive of Donal. In English usage, Donie is a diminutive of SYNDONIA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Donie
- Donie BushAmerican baseball player (1887–1972)
- Donie CassidyIrish politician and businessmanborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.