Donna

See also: donna, dónna, dònna, and Dønna

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Donna

1. A female given name.
   • 1914 Mary McNeil Fenollosa, Ariadne of Allan Water, Burt, 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 Donna ( a song) :

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

Usage notes

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

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (simplified) 唐娜 (Tángnà)

• Greek: Ντόνα (Dóna)
• Japanese: ドナ (Dona)

• Korean: 도나 (Dona)
• Polish: Donna (pl) f
• Russian: Донна (Donna)
• Thai: ดอนนา (donnaa)

Anagrams

• Danno, Nando, nonad, nonda

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Donna, from Italian donna.

Proper noun

Donna

1. a female given name

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Donna

1. thunder

See also

• German Low German: Donner