Entry № 2615 · Italian origin

Donatella Donatella — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ do-nah-TEL-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Given by God"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "given by god".

Donatella is the Italian diminutive of Donata — from the Latin donatus, meaning "given" (by God). Used widely in Italy.

Donatella Versace (born 1955), the Italian fashion designer, is the most internationally known bearer.

Given by God. The Versace icon.

The name in its native script.

Donatella
Transliteration
Donatella
Pronunciation
/ ˌdoʊ.nəˈtɛl.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Donatella stands.

Donatella does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Donatellas before her.

Real people
Donatella Versace
Italian fashion designer.
born 1955
In fiction
Donatella
Common in Italian fiction.

Names connected to Donatella.

The number behind Donatella.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Donatella reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.