Dona

Dona is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Female
Confidence: High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Bulgaria, Great Britain
US records 1880–2017: 175 male / 18,841 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Dona

If you do not know Dona’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Dona,” in English, “Guten Tag Dona,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Dona,

German

Guten Tag Dona,

French

Bonjour Dona,

Spanish

Estimado/a Dona:

Chinese

Dona您好：

Japanese

Dona様

English

Hi Dona,

German

Hi Dona,

French

Salut Dona,

Spanish

Hola Dona,

Chinese

Dona你好：

Japanese

Donaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Dona by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	common	woman's name
Bulgaria	rare	woman's name
Great Britain	rare	woman's name
North Macedonia	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

175 male · 18,841 female · 19,016 births recorded

Male ≈ 0.9%Female ≈ 99.1%

Records from 1980–2017: 0.7% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Dona a male or female name?

Dona is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Dona in an email?

Is Dona a unisex name?

Dona is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Dona a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/dona. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_dona,
  title  = {Is Dona a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/dona},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}