Donnie

Where Donnie comes from

Diminutives + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Donnie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Donnie through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1928
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1951
    Peak, #150
    1,732 babies named Donnie, its best rank.
  4. 1963
    Donnie Yen born
    Hong Kong actor, film director and martial artist
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #244.
  6. 1969
    Donnie Wahlberg born
    American musician, singer, producer and actor
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Don, Donald, Donovan, and Adonis.
Namesakes
  • Donnie Yen · Hong Kong actor, film director and martial artist, born 1963
  • Donnie Wahlberg · American musician, singer, producer and actor, born 1969
  • Donnie Van Zant · American singer, born 1952
  • Donnie Nietes · Filipino boxer, born 1982
  • Donnie Dunagan · actor and United States Marine, born 1934

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.