Donella
Donella 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.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 1,812 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Donella
If you do not know Donella’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Donella,” in English, “Guten Tag Donella,” 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 Donella,
German
Guten Tag Donella,
French
Bonjour Donella,
Spanish
Estimado/a Donella:
Chinese
Donella您好：
Japanese
Donella様
English
Hi Donella,
German
Hi Donella,
French
Salut Donella,
Spanish
Hola Donella,
Chinese
Donella你好：
Japanese
Donellaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 1,812 female · 1,812 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Donella a male or female name?
Donella 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 Donella in an email?
If you do not know Donella’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Donella,” in English, “Guten Tag Donella,” 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.
Is Donella a unisex name?
Donella 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.
Related names
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.
DearWho, "Is Donella a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/donella. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_donella,
title = {Is Donella a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/donella},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}