Donnette

Where Donnette comes from

Possibly from Donna + -ette.
— Wiktionary's entry for Donnette
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #4,331 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Peak, #1,525
    38 babies named Donnette — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1948
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,329.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.