Donne
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname, notably held by John Donne, English poet
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/dɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Donne is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 189K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.9M
- BEBelgium1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 185 (measured from records)
- 1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname, notably held by John Donne, English poet
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Donne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 57K | 202 | — | 3 |
| IT Italy | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 92K | — | Donne | 36 |
| BE Belgium | 674 | 1 in 17K | 674 | Donne | 30 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 189K | — | Donne | 129 |
| US United States | 173 | 1 in 1.9M | 247 | Donne | 185 |
| CZ Czechia | 47 | 1 in 228K | 47 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Donne is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, John, English poet
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, US printing co.
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In rgn, plural of dòna (“woman”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, inflected infinitive of dōn
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In lou, to give
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Daniel Donneb. 1544GBEnglish jurist
- Francesco Dalle Donneb. 1555ITItalian printer (1555-1606)
- John Donneb. 1572GBEnglish poet and cleric (1572-1631)
- John Donneb. 1604(1604- )
- Nicolas Noe Donneb. 1650SEFinnish official
- Thomas Edward Donneb. 1859NZNew Zealand civil servant and diplomat (1859–1945)
- Morgan Donneb. 1861(1861-1935)
- William Donneb. 1876GBEnglish cricketer (1876-1934)
- Gaven Donneb. 1914NZNew Zealand judge (1914–2010)
- Naomi Donneb. 1956GBMake-up artist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 247 | #22,540 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 194 | #22,540 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1960 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1957 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1969 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1961 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1960 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1950 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1961 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1958 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1938 | 7 | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Donne mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname, notably held by John Donne, English poet Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Donne?
- A machine transcription gives /dɑn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Donne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Donne in France, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Donne most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Donne is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 17 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Donne?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 674 people named Donne in 2008, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/donneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Donne”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.