Definitions for donna
ˈdɔn nɑdon·na

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. donnanoun

   an Italian woman of rank

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1. Donnanoun

   A female given name from Italian.

   "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."

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

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1. Donna

   Donna is a song written by Ritchie Valens, featuring the 50s progression. The song was released in 1958 on Del-Fi Records. It was Valens' highest-charting single reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year. ("Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price was at number one.) It was written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig.

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1. Donna

   Donna is a female given name of Italian origin that means "woman" or "lady." It is commonly used in English-speaking countries as a given name for girls or as a term of respect for women.

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1. Donnanoun

   a lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy

2. Etymology: [It. donna, L. domina. See Don, Dame.]

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1. Donna

   "Donna" is a song written and sung by Ritchie Valens, featuring the 50s progression. The song was released in 1958 on Del-Fi Records. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, becoming Valens' highest-charting single. It was written as a tribute to his high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig, now known as Donna Fox. "Donna", the second Ritchie Valens single released, was the A side of the influential and more famous song "La Bamba". This single was only one of three, along with the previous single and the follow-up ever released in Valens's lifetime. Original Del-Fi pressings of "Donna"/"La Bamba" include black and sea green labels with circles, later replaced with solid sea green or solid dark green labels. Early 1960s pressings have black labels with sea green "sawtooth" outer edge.

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1. donna

   Song lyrics by donna -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by donna on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. DONNA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Donna is ranked #36246 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Donna surname appeared 618 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Donna.
   
   81.8% or 506 total occurrences were White.
   7.7% or 48 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   6.3% or 39 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.1% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Italian
   • Woman

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Anagrams for donna »

1. Nando

2. nonad

3. nonda

How to pronounce donna?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say donna in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of donna in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of donna in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of donna in a Sentence

1. Andrew Zimbalist:

   It's kind of a radical idea because Donna Lopiano're taking an organization that already has a lot of power, and Donna Lopiano're saying let's potentially make it more powerful by giving it an antitrust exemption.

2. Donna Rotunno:

   Donna Rotunno ego was fragile.

3. Holly Marsh:

   Donna's offer was just so compelling and the fact that she offered 60 days of rent back for free, which is practically unheard of, and then the pizza part was just hilarious. It just goes to show they really did something to stand out among the offers.

4. Chuck Long:

   He was just full of charisma, and you could tell he had some great leadership qualities, we connected really quick, just because he wasn’t a prima donna or anything. The kid wanted to learn and wanted to learn fast, and he absorbed things quickly.

5. John Bel Edwards:

   I hope all of the people of Louisiana will join Donna and me in praying for Congressman-elect Letlows family, especially his wife Julia and their two children, his many friends and the people of the 5th Congressional District, louisiana has lost more than 7,300 people to COVID-19 since March, and each one of them leaves a tremendous hole in our state.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=donna
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Donna
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/donna
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=donna
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=donna