Donna

Italian
"lady"

Donna Origin and Meaning

The name Donna is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "lady".

Literally meaning "lady" in Italian, Donna was the perfect ladylike housewife mom name on The Donna Reed Show in the fifties and sixties. And there were plenty of namesakes: Donna was in the Top 10 in 1964. These days we'd be more likely to associate it with the emanciatpated clothes of Donna Karen than as a baby name.

Though it seems to have a midcentury date stamp, Donna goes back to at least the late nineteenth century, reaching the Top 100 in 1926 and the Top 20 in the 1940s. In 1960, Donna was the fifth most popular name in the United States. Off the charts now, Donna is still remebered as the subject/object of many pop songs, and via the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer,and current bestselling author Donna Tartt.

# 984 in the US

Donna Rank in US Top 1000

Donna Popularity

Famous People Named Donna

  • Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger)
    American actress
  • Donna Douglas (born Doris Ione Smith)
    American actress
  • LaDonna "Donna" Summer
    American disco singer
  • Donna Ivy (Faske) Karan
    American fashion designer
  • Donna Lynn Dixon
    American actress
  • Donna Loren
    American singer and actress
  • Donna Pescow
    American actress
  • Donna Leon
    American novelist
  • Donna Ares (born Azra Kolakovic)
    Bosnian singer
  • Donna Vekić
    Croatian tennis player
  • Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux
    American singer formerly of The Grateful Dead
  • Donna Edna Shalala
    former U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services
  • Donna Murphy
    American actress and singer
  • Donna Tartt
    American novelist
  • Donna Brazile
    American author, academic, and political analyst; Democratic party leader
  • Donna Long
    musician in Irish,American group Cherish the Ladies
  • Donna D'Errico
    (b. 1968) America actress, model, appeared on Baywatch,

Donna in Pop Culture

  • Donna Jackson
    character on British TV series "Holby City"
  • Donna Paulsen
    character from TV's "Suits"
  • Donna Pinciotti
    character from TV's "That 70's Show"
  • Donna Noble
    character from TV's "Doctor Who"
  • Donna
    character in Spider,Man comics
  • Donnatella "Donna" Moss
    character from TV's "The West Wing"
  • Donna Hayward
    character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
  • Donna Troy aka Wonder Girl
    DC Universe character
  • Donna Nance aka Black Siren
    DC Universe character
  • Donna Meagle
    character from "Parks and Recreation"
  • Donna
    character from 2008 movie "Prom Night"
  • Donna Jo "D.J." Tanner
    character on TV's "Full House"
  • The Donnas
    American all,girl punk band
  • "I See Donna Everywhere"
    song by band "Too Much Joy"
  • Donna Cherry
    from the movie "Jericho Mansions"
  • "Donna
    " 1958 hit song by Ritchie Valens
  • Donna Winston
    character from TV's "Sons of Anarchy"
  • Donna Sheridan
    character from Mamma Mia
  • Donna Underwood
    Noah's mom in Carl Hiaasen's "Flush"
  • Donna Freedman
    character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
  • Donna Martin
    character from "Beverly Hills 90210"
  • Donna Parr
    Teague, character from "Sims" series
  • Donna
    character from "Siren"
  • "Leaving Donna"
    a Vocaloid song by Empath,P, sung by the Vocaloid SeeU.