Donatella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- don-a-TEL-a
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Donatella is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “given”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Donatella mean?
Latin: Italian pet form of Donata, from donatus
“given”
An Italian name familiar through the fashion designer Donatella Versace.
Is Donatella a girl's or a boy's name?
Donatella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donatella in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5 girls.
Donatella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Donatella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Donatella, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Donatella in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Donatella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Donatella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella Sienna Isabella Luna Nova Emilia Eliana Orla Isla Aurora Lyra Maeva
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Donatella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donatella, updated 20 October 2026.