Donatien

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Donatien is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. In Burundi it is the 65th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Lat. Donatianus, derived from donatus « donné »; saint Donatien (with Rogatien), martyrs of Nantes.

rarermore common
  • BIBurundi≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TGTogo≈1 in 2.7K
  • RWRwanda≈1 in 4.2K

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.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,500 people, est.

Sources
231 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Burundi, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Lat. Donatianus, derived from donatus « donné »; saint Donatien (with Rogatien), martyrs of Nantes.

Sources 1

  • Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Donatien 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.

Where Donatien is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa#419≈9,500 est.≈1 in 11K7Donatien14
BI Burundi#65≈8,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K2Donatien6
CM Cameroon#504≈6,100 est.≈1 in 4.5K—Donatien16
MG Madagascar—≈4,900 est.≈1 in 5.5K1—6
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 7.8K—Donatien12
TG Togo#451≈3,200 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Donatien7
RW Rwanda#124≈3,000 est.≈1 in 4.2K—Donatien6
SE Sweden—101 in 1M10—1

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: Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); CENI — Liste nominative definitive des candidats deputes 2025; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Donatien is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Dônâtïën

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, United States, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Donatién

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Donatién

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Donatien 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 French, From Latin Donatianus, related to Donatus ‘given’

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • From Late Latin Dondtianus, a derivative of Déndatus ‘given (by God)’. -pher in main dictionary.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In French, Latin, from donatio « donation ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Du latin donatus, « donation ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In English, French form of Donatus

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

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)

0500100015002000Saint Donatian, b. 400Marquis de Sade, b. 1740Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau, b. 1755Donatien Marquis, b. 1789Charles Samaran, b. 1879Donatien Bouché, b. 1882Donatien Laurent, b. 1935Donatien Mahele Lieko Bokungu, b. 1941Donatien Mavoungou, b. 1947Donatien Mortelette, b. 1982

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 33 sources across 21 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • 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 Donatien mean, and where does it come from?
From Lat. Donatianus, derived from donatus « donné »; saint Donatien (with Rogatien), martyrs of Nantes. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
Is Donatien a male or female name?
Donatien is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Donatien?
In the etymology graph, Donatianus is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Donatien have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.5 thousand people named Donatien in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled donatien.
How common is the name Donatien?
In Sweden, the national register counted 10 people named Donatien, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
How common is Donatien compared with other names?
In Congo - Kinshasa, Donatien is the 419th most common given name of 20,652 given names recorded there.

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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, “Donatien” — the 419th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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