Donna (given name)

Donna is an English-language feminine first name meaning "woman" in modern Italian, and "lady" or "mistress" in classical Italian. The original meaning is closer to "lady of the home" and was a title of respect in Italy, equivalent to Don for gentlemen or lord. It is a common given name in the United States, particularly in Chicago, Florida, New York City, and Washington. It is rare as a surname.

People with the given name

 * Donna Air (born 1979), English actress
 * Donna Axum (1942–2018), American beauty pageant winner, author, television executive producer, philanthropist and model
 * Donna Baird, American epidemiologist and evolutionary-population biologist
 * Donna J. Boley (born 1935), American politician
 * Donna Brazile, American political activist
 * Donna Burke, Australian singer, voice actress and businesswoman
 * Donna Cruz, Filipino pop singer
 * Donna D'Errico, American actress
 * Donna Dixon, American actress
 * Donna Doore, American politician
 * Donna Douglas, American actress
 * Donna Edwards, American politician
 * Donna Fargo, American country singer
 * Donna M. Felling, American politician
 * Donna Feore (born 1963), Canadian choreographer and theatre director
 * Donna Givens - American politician from Alabama
 * Donna Gould (born 1966), Australian cyclist
 * Donna Haraway, American philosopher
 * Donna Hylton, Jamaican-American kidnapper and murderer
 * Donna Karan, American fashion designer
 * Donna Kimball, American muppeteer
 * Donna Leon, American novelist
 * Donna Lewis, Welsh singer
 * Donna Loren, American singer and actress, the Dr Pepper Girl in the 1960s
 * Donna Maguire, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
 * Donna Mayhew, American javelin thrower
 * Donna McKechnie, American actress
 * Donna Mergler, Canadian physiologist
 * Donna Mills, American actress who played Abby Cunningham on Knots Landing
 * Donna Morrissey, Canadian author
 * Donna Murphy, American stage and film actress
 * Donna Orender (née Geils; born 1957), American Women's Pro Basketball League All-Star guard and former WNBA president
 * Donna Pescow, American actress
 * Donna Reed, American actress
 * Donna Robertson (born 1969), Scottish judoka and wrester
 * Donna Rubin (born 1959), American tennis player
 * Donna Scott-Mottley, Jamaican politician
 * Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton
 * Donna Strickland, Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate 2018
 * Donna Summer (1948–2012), American singer, notably of disco music
 * Donna Tartt, American writer
 * Donna Testerman (born 1960), mathematician
 * Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player

Fictional characters

 * Donna Bishop, character in Home and Away
 * Donna Cabonna, character in That's So Raven
 * Donna Duck, character in the 1937 Disney short Don Donald
 * Donna Clark (née Emerson), a character in Halt and Catch Fire
 * Donna Freedman, character in Neighbours
 * Donna Hayward, character in Twin Peaks
 * Donna Henshaw, a character in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
 * Donna Logan, character in The Bold and the Beautiful
 * Donna Ludlow, character in EastEnders
 * Donna Martin, character in Beverly Hills, 90210
 * Donna Meagle, main character in Parks and Recreation
 * Donna Moss, main character in The West Wing
 * Donna Noble, character in Doctor Who
 * Donna Paulsen, character in Suits
 * Donna Pinciotti, character That 70s Show
 * Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
 * Donna Troy aka "Wonder Girl", character from DC Comics
 * Donna Tubbs, character in The Cleveland Show
 * Donna Windsor, character in Emmerdale
 * Donna Yates, character in EastEnders