Meaning of the nameDonato

Male
Latin origin
Do-na-to

Donato is a male name of Latin origin, from Donatus, a participle of donare, 'to give'; it means 'given'.

Meaning

“given, from the Latin donare, 'to give'”

People (2022): 4,727
Rank in Brazil: #2,846
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 6,211; people

Donato in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Donato, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (1,027 people).

22 women 4,705 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Donato is most common

States with the highest share of people named Donato in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Santa Catarina 0.006%
Mato Grosso 0.005%
Piauí 0.004%
Bahia 0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	975	0.002%
Minas Gerais	489	0.002%
Bahia	466	0.003%
Santa Catarina	420	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	313	0.003%
Paraná	307	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	238	0.002%
Pará	192	0.002%
Mato Grosso	184	0.005%
Maranhão	170	0.003%
Goiás	137	0.002%
Piauí	113	0.004%
Paraíba	102	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	94	0.003%
Amazonas	88	0.002%
Pernambuco	72	0.001%
Espírito Santo	61	0.002%
Tocantins	57	0.004%
Ceará	51	0.001%
Distrito Federal	49	0.002%
Rondônia	38	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	34	0.001%
Sergipe	27	0.001%
Amapá	15	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Donato

Wiktionary gives Donato from the medieval name of Saint Donatus, which comes from the past participle of the Latin verb donare, 'to give'; the Italian entry glosses it as 'given'. Behind the Name lists Donato as the Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of the Latin name Donatus, used in ancient Rome. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,727 people named Donato, with a median age of 60. Most were born before 1980. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

Wiktionary: Donato · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Donatus · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Donato

What does the name Donato mean?

Donato means “given, from the Latin donare, 'to give'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Donato in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,727 people with the first name Donato, which ranks it number 2,846 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Donato a boy's or a girl's name?

Donato is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 22 women and 4,705 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Donato?

Donato is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Donato most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.006% of the state's population is named Donato (420 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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