Entry № 0667 · Italian origin

Donna Donna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DON-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Lady (peaked #5 in 1960; Donna Summer, Donna Karan)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 901
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "lady (peaked #5 in 1960; donna summer, donna karan)".

Donna is the Italian word for "lady, woman" — from the Latin domina (mistress, lady of the house). **A top-10 US baby name from 1957 to 1962, peaking at #5 in 1960**. **Donna Summer (1948-2012)** — the **"Queen of Disco" who won five Grammy Awards** and recorded *I Feel Love* (1977), one of the most influential records in the history of electronic dance music. **Donna Karan (born 1948)** — American fashion designer; founder of DKNY. **Donna Tartt (born 1963)** — American novelist; *The Goldfinch* won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Featured throughout 1960s-70s American pop culture.

Lady. Donna Summer's I Feel Love changed electronic music; Donna Tartt's Pulitzer.

The name in its native script.

Donna
Transliteration
Donna
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɒn.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Donna stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 901 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 5 in 1960
Babies named Donna · last year
240 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1880
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #5 NOW · #901

Donnas before her.

Real people
Donna Summer
Queen of Disco.
1948 – 2012
Donna Karan
American fashion designer.
born 1948
Donna Tartt
American Pulitzer novelist.
born 1963
In fiction
Donna
Mamma Mia!
1999

Names connected to Donna.

The number behind Donna.

1

The Pioneer

Donna reduces to one — the number of Queen of Disco.

Why families chose this name.

"Italian for lady. Five letters. Donna."
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