Girl name origins & meanings
- Italian : Gift
Girl name variations
Boy name origins & meanings
- Latin : Given
- Italian : Gift
How Popular Is The Name Donato
Family name origins & meanings
- Italian : from the medieval personal name Donato (Latin Donatus, past participle of donare, frequentative of dare ‘to give’). It was the name of a 4th-century Italian bishop martyred in c. 350 under Julian the Apostate, as well as various other early saints, and a 4th-century grammarian and commentator on Virgil, widely respected in the Middle Ages as a figure of great learning. See also Donat.