Donatello
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- don-a-TEL-oh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Donatello is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “given”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Donatello mean?
Latin: Italian diminutive of Donato, from Latin Donatus
“given”
Donatello was a Florentine sculptor of the early Renaissance, famous for his bronze David.
Is Donatello a girl's or a boy's name?
Donatello is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Donatello in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Donatello, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Donatello than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Donatello in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Donatello in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
Nicknames for Donatello
- Donnie 37 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Donatello
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Benicio, Emiliano, Maximiliano, Kylo, Santino, Valentino, Enzo, Cassian, Aurelius, Eliano, Thiago, Apollo
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Donatello: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/donatello, updated 20 October 2026.