Donna
Donna is a short female name of Italian origin with Latin roots, meaning "lady" or "madam". It became popular as a given name mainly in the English-speaking world during the 20th century. In Slovak, it feels unusual and international, and thanks to its regular structure, it declines naturally.
Origin and etymology of the name
Scholarly onomastic and linguistic analysisDonna means a lady, madam, or a woman heading a household.
Detailed Slovak etymology analysis
Meno vzniklo z talianskeho slova donna „žena, dáma“, ktoré pochádza z latinského domina „pani, vládkyňa domu“, ženského náprotivku slova dominus „pán“.
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International Traveler Index
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DONNA
100% identical to original formNo diacritics (ASCII)
Universal international spelling12 foreign variants
Česky, Anglicky, Maďarsky- •Zápis bez diakritiky – 100 % zhodný s medzinárodnými pasmi, letenkami a cudzími klávesnicami.
- •Univerzálna výslovnosť – neobsahuje zhluky hlások náročné pre cudzincov.
- •Ideálna dvojslabičná dĺžka – melodická a rýchlo zapamätateľná na celom svete.
- •Globálne rozšírené meno – má priame ekvivalenty vo viac než 9 svetových jazykoch.
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Affectionate and family nicknamesNotable figures named Donna
17People connected to this name according to Wikidata and editorial sources.
American philosopher, scholar in the field of science and technology studies (born 1944)
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