Given name
Donzell
“a gift from God”
Donzell is a variant of Donatello. One Spanish interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Donzell is a variant of Donatello. One Spanish interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Donzell is a variant of Donatello. An origin associated with Donatello is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Donzell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,073
- 1,050 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,013 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −66%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,013 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 46 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 689 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.
Donzell’s family of names
Donzell has a related form in Donatello.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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