Donna

A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒnə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑnə/, /ˈdänːə/
• Rhymes: -ɒnə

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Donna

1. A female given name from Italian.
   • 1914, Mary McNeil Fenollosa, Ariadne of Allan Water, Burt, published 1914, page 30:

     "Did you ever know a lady named Miss May-rant? With a funny sort of first name, like Donna? Yes, that is it - Miss Donna May-rant."

   • 1958, Ritchie Valens (lyrics and music), “Donna”:

     I had a girl / Donna was her name. / Since she left me / I've never been the same.

2. A city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, named after postmistress Donna Fletcher.

• Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1940s and the 1950s, and in the U.K. in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Borrowed from Italian Donna.

Donna (plural Donnas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Donna is the 36246^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 618 individuals. Donna is most common among White (81.88%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Donna”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 479.

• Danno, Nando, nonad, nonda

From English Donna, from Italian donna.

Donna

1. a female given name from English

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Donna m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a matronymic

Donna

1. thunder

• German Low German: Donner