Given name & surname
Ladonna
“ruler of the world”
In American use, Ladonna carries the interpretation “ruler of the world.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Ladonna carries the interpretation “ruler of the world.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Ladonna is used as a form of Donna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ladonna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21,233
- 0 boys · 21,233 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 612 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,143 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −69%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,143 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 612 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,996 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.
Ladonna’s family of names
Ladonna is a form of Donna. Ladonna has a related form in Ladona. Ladonna has a related form in Ledonna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ladonna
- Donna SummerAmerican singer (1948–2012)
- LaDonna Brave Bull AllardLakota historian and activist1956–2021
- LaDonna HarrisAmerican politician, Native American activistborn 1931
- LaDonna Antoine-WatkinsCanadian sprinterborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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