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Name Donato
Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Italian
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

From the medieval personal name Donato (Latin Donatus, past participle of donare, frequentative of dare "to give"). It was the name of a 4th-century Italian bishop martyred in c. 350 under Julian the Apostate, as well as various other early saints, and a 4th-century grammarian and commentator on Virgil, widely respected in the Middle Ages as a figure of great learning.
Added 2/20/2016 by anonymous