Donna^[1] is an English-language feminine first name meaning "woman" in modern Italian, and "lady" or "mistress" in classical Italian.^[2] The original meaning is closer to "lady of the home" and was a title of respect in Italy, equivalent to Don^[2] for gentlemen or lord. It is a common given name in the United States, particularly in Chicago, Florida, New York City, and Washington.^{[citation needed]} It is rare as a surname.^{[citation needed]}

People with the given name

• Donna Air (born 1979), English actress
• Donna Axum (1942–2018), American beauty pageant winner, author, television executive producer, philanthropist and model
• Donna Baird, American epidemiologist and evolutionary-population biologist
• Donna J. Boley (born 1935), American politician
• Donna Brazile, American political activist
• Donna Burke, Australian singer, voice actress and businesswoman
• Donna Cruz, Filipino pop singer
• Donna D'Errico, American actress
• Donna Dixon, American actress
• Donna Douglas, American actress
• Donna Edwards, American politician
• Donna Fargo, American country singer
• Donna M. Felling, American politician
• Donna Feore (born 1963), Canadian choreographer and theatre director
• Donna Givens - American politician from Alabama
• Donna Gould (born 1966), Australian cyclist
• Donna Haraway, American philosopher
• Donna Hylton, Jamaican-American kidnapper and murderer
• Donna Karan, American fashion designer
• Donna Kimball, American muppeteer
• Donna Leon, American novelist
• Donna Lewis, Welsh singer
• Donna Loren, American singer and actress, the Dr Pepper Girl in the 1960s
• Donna Maguire, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
• Donna Mayhew, American javelin thrower
• Donna McKechnie, American actress
• Donna Mergler, Canadian physiologist
• Donna Mills, American actress who played Abby Cunningham on Knots Landing
• Donna Morrissey, Canadian author
• Donna Murphy, American stage and film actress
• Donna Orender (née Geils; born 1957), American Women's Pro Basketball League All-Star guard and former WNBA president
• Donna Pescow, American actress
• Donna Reed, American actress
• Donna Robertson (born 1969), Scottish judoka and wrester
• Donna Rubin (born 1959), American tennis player
• Donna Scott-Mottley, Jamaican politician
• Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton
• Donna Strickland, Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate 2018
• Donna Summer (1948–2012), American singer, notably of disco music
• Donna Tartt, American writer
• Donna Testerman (born 1960), mathematician
• Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player

Fictional characters

• Donna Bishop, character in Home and Away
• Donna Cabonna, character in That's So Raven
• Donna Duck, character in the 1937 Disney short Don Donald
• Donna Clark (née Emerson), a character in Halt and Catch Fire
• Donna Freedman, character in Neighbours
• Donna Hayward, character in Twin Peaks
• Donna Henshaw, a character in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
• Donna Logan, character in The Bold and the Beautiful
• Donna Ludlow, character in EastEnders
• Donna Martin, character in Beverly Hills, 90210
• Donna Meagle, main character in Parks and Recreation
• Donna Moss, main character in The West Wing
• Donna Noble, character in Doctor Who
• Donna Paulsen, character in Suits
• Donna Pinciotti, character That 70s Show
• Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
• Donna Troy aka "Wonder Girl", character from DC Comics
• Donna Tubbs, character in The Cleveland Show
• Donna Windsor, character in Emmerdale
• Donna Yates, character in EastEnders