Donata
From Latin, the name means "given, a gift from God". Around 6,000 Polish women carry it, but it's slipping out of use: no newborn girls got it last year, and meeting a young Donata would be a surprise.
Donata Pronunciation
Donata is pronounced do-NAH-tah (/dɔˈnata/).
What Donata means
Where Donata comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Donata comes from Latin, from donatus, the past participle of donare, to give. The name means given, a gift, and Polish glosses it as darowana przez boga, given by God. So the meaning sits in the grammar itself: someone handed over, presented, granted.
The masculine form is Donat, and the two names share one root. Early Christians favored this family of names. Saint Donatus of Arezzo, a fourth-century bishop, carried the masculine version into the calendar of saints.
In Poland, Donata stays rare. Its name-day falls close to Donat's own. Read a class register in a Polish school and you may find one Donata among the Zofias and Julias, the Latin word for given standing plainly on the page.
When Donata celebrates name day
Donata appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 17 July.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Donata
1 in 3789 women in Poland is named Donata. 5,950 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #455 among female names.
Donata's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Donata as a middle name
Donata is a first name for 5,950 women in Poland and a middle name for another 1,977, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 194th, between Irmina (1,981) and Eryka (1,969).
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#192 Olivia2,012
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#193 Irmina1,981
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#194 Donata1,977
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#195 Eryka1,969
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#196 Zyta1,934