Donna is the Italian word for "lady, woman" — from the Latin domina (mistress, lady of the house). A top-10 US baby name from 1957 to 1962, peaking at #5 in 1960. Donna Summer (1948-2012) — the "Queen of Disco" who won five Grammy Awards and recorded I Feel Love (1977), one of the most influential records in the history of electronic dance music. Donna Karan (born 1948) — American fashion designer; founder of DKNY. Donna Tartt (born 1963) — American novelist; The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Featured throughout 1960s-70s American pop culture.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Donna reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.