Donie

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A diminutive of the male given name Donal

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

/dəni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Donie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 62K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1M
  • IEIreland≈1 in 32K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,800 people, est.

Sources
139 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)

Ireland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A diminutive of the male given name Donal.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Donie 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 Donie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈3,800 est.≈1 in 363K—Donie8
PH Philippines—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 62K—Donie35
US United States—3261 in 1M180Donie139
AO Angola—≈170 est.≈1 in 188K—Donie1
IE Ireland#870≈160 est.≈1 in 32K—Donie35
MY Malaysia—≈61 est.≈1 in 532K—Donie12

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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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)

Donie is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Donié

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Donié

38 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Donie Bush, b. 1887Donie O'Donovan, b. 1926Donie Nealon, b. 1935Donie Cassidy, b. 1945Donie Collins, b. 1950Donie Shine, b. 1951Donie O'Connell, b. 1961Donie Ryan, b. 1977Donie O'Sullivan, b. 1990

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Donie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020180#27,859
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020146#27,859
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)189525—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192223—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191523—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192422—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)190122—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)189622—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)188822—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)188622—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)188522—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191621—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Donie mean, and where does it come from?
A diminutive of the male given name Donal. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Donie?
A machine transcription gives /dəni/ (IPA) for English.
Is Donie a male or female name?
Donie 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.
In which country does Donie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 thousand people named Donie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled donie.
How common is the name Donie?
In the United States, the national register counted 326 people named Donie in 2020, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
How common is Donie compared with other names?
In Ireland, Donie is the 870th most common given name of 14,976 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, “Donie” — the 870th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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