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Donato m. Latin donatus 'given'.

The name of a 2nd C martyr, a 3rd C martyr, a 4th C Italian saint, four 4th C martyrs, a 6th C French monk, a 7th C French monk, a 9th C Irish monk, a 9th C Dalmatian monk, a 12th C Italian saint, and a 14th-15th C Italian painter, better known by the diminutive form Donatello.

In Ireland, the Latin form Donatus was sometimes used to render Irish Donnchadh (cf. Duncan).

Czech Republic
Middle High German
● 1365 Donati (gen) Rössler1 58; 1370 Donat (nom) ibid. 62
France
Latin
● 657 Donato (abl) DCEL-2 CCCXXVIII; 780 Donato (abl) CartNoaille I; 814 Donatus (nom) StVdM-II A3; 1378 Donati (gen) hanquetvol1 1046
Ireland
Latin
● 1434 Donato (dat) RegOct 121; 1497 Donatum (acc) ibid. 38
Italy
Latin
● 1300 Donatus (nom) ActDipVeneto-I-1 p. 49; 1324 Donato (abl) DSF p. 46, 3698; 1360[1370] Donatus (nom) Livi 263; 1366 Donatus (nom) ibid. 19; 1367 Donati (gen) ibid. 125, Donatus (nom) ibid. 134; 1368 Donati (gen) ibid. 230/231, Donatus (nom) ibid. 223; 1391 Donatum (acc) Venditti I-2; 1522x1532 Donatus (nom) DSF p. 52, 29; 1527 Donatus (nom) Rome1527 p. 83
Italian
● 1513x1521 Donato LeoX p. 18
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Donato". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Donato.