Donna (given name)
Donna is an English-language feminine first name meaning "woman" in Italian. The original meaning is closer to "lady of the home" and was a title of respect in Italy, equivalent to Don for men. It is a common given name in the United States. It is rare as a surname.People with the given name
- Donna Air, English actress
- Donna Axum, American beauty pageant winner, author, television executive producer, philanthropist and model
- Donna Baird, American epidemiologist and evolutionary-population biologist
- Donna J. Boley, 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, U.S. House of Representatives member
- Donna Fargo, American country singer
- Donna Haraway, American philosopher
- Donna Hylton, Jamaican-American kidnapper and murderer
- Donna Karan, American fashion designer
- 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 Mills, American actress who played Abby Cunningham on Knots Landing
- Donna Morrissey, Canadian author
- Donna Murphy, American stage and film actress
- Donna Orender, American Women's Pro Basketball League All-Star guard and former WNBA president
- Donna Pescow, American actress
- Donna Reed, American actress
- Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton
- Donna Strickland, Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate 2018
- Donna Summer, American singer, notably of disco music
- Donna Tartt, American writer
- Donna Testerman, mathematician
- Donna Vekic, Croatian tennis
Fictional characters
- Donna Bishop, a character in Home and Away
- Donna Cabonna, a character in That's So Raven
- Donna Duck, a character in the 1937 Disney short Don Donald
- Donna Clark, a character in Halt and Catch Fire
- Donna Freedman, a character in Neighbours
- Donna Hayward, a character in Twin Peaks
- Donna Henshaw, a character in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
- Donna Logan, a character in The Bold and the Beautiful
- Donna Ludlow, a character in EastEnders
- Donna Martin, a character in Beverly Hills, 90210
- Donna Meagle, a main character in Parks and Recreation
- Donna Moss, a main character in The West Wing
- Donna Noble, a character in Doctor Who
- Donna Paulsen, a character in Suits
- Donna Pinciotti, a character That 70s Show
- Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!
- Donna Troy aka "Wonder Girl", a character from DC Comics
- Donna Tubbs, a character in The Cleveland Show
- Donna Windsor, a character in Emmerdale
- Donna Yates, a character in EastEnders
