Donaldo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- doh-NAHL-doh
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Donaldo is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “world ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Donaldo mean?
Scottish: Spanish and Portuguese form of Donald
“world ruler”
The Spanish and Portuguese form of Donald, from Gaelic Domhnall, a name borne by several early Scottish kings.
Is Donaldo a girl's or a boy's name?
Donaldo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donaldo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Donaldo, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1994, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Donaldo in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Donaldo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
Names like Donaldo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diego, Dangelo, Santino, Rodrigo, Nico, Alessandro, Logan, Alonso, Santiago, Josiah, Marcelo, Lisandro
Names related to Donaldo
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Donaldo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donaldo, updated 20 October 2026.