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Donetta

What does Donetta mean?

Donetta Pronunciation of Donetta as a girls' name is of Italian derivation, and Donetta means "world mighty; lady". Donetta is a version of Donalda (Scottish, Gaelic): feminine of Donald. Donetta is also a variation of Donna (Italian).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Don-, -ta

ASSOCIATED WITH mighty (strong), lady (noble)

Variations

VARIANT Donita

RELATIONS VIA DONALDA, DONNA Dona, Donelda, Donella, Donelle, Donia, Donica, Donisha, Donnella, Donnica, Donya

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Donetta Yuliana (D.Y.), ..

How popular is Donetta?

Donetta is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#2756 out of 4276, Top 64%) but an unusual last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Donetta was first listed in 1940-1949 and reached its highest position of #1536 in the U.S. in the 1950s, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Donetta name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Donetta outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular alternative forms of Donetta appearing in the Top 2000 are Donna (#1567 LAST YEAR), Dona, Donella, Donia, Donisha, Donita and Donya. Adoption of these forms of Donetta was at its apex in the 1950s (MEDIAN #1332) and is now much less (#1945, 99%), with versions such as Dona becoming somewhat outmoded.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Donetta, Dona, Donella, Donia, Donisha in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Donita, Donna, Donya in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Donetta and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Donetta is pronounced similarly to Danita, Dawnetta, Denita, Dionetta and Donata. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Agnetta, Anetta, Annetta, Arnetta, Benetta, Cinetta, Coetta, Coletta, Concetta, Conetta, Coretta, Cosetta, Danet, Danette, Dannette, Dantea, Darnetta, Dawnette, Dennette, Detta, Dinitia, Domitia, Doretta, Dorette, Finetta, Ginetta, Inetta, Janetta, Jenetta, Joetta, Johnetta, Joletta, Jonetia, Jonetta, Jonette, Josetta, Kinetta, Koretta, Lanetta, Linetta, Loletta, Lonette, Loretta, Lunetta, Lynetta, Minetta, Ninetta, Ornetta (see Arnette), Renetta, Robetta (see Roberta), Ronette, Rosetta, Tonette, Vanetta, Venetta, Vinetta, Vynetta, Wanetta, Wyonetta (see Wyanet) and Zanetta. These names tend to be less commonly used than Donetta.

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