Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Donnis connects to the Adonis name family through Donis. An origin associated with Adonis is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Donnis connects to the Adonis name family through Donis. The history of Adonis gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Adonis is associated with a handsome young man loved by Aphrodite.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Donnis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,512
- 466 boys · 1,046 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 987 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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