Donny

Where Donny comes from

Diminutive forms with -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Donny
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #3,451 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Donny Hathaway born
    American singer-songwriter and musician
  3. 1977
    Peak, #378
    426 babies named Donny — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #602.
  5. 1997
    Donny van de Beek born
    Dutch association football player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Don, Donald, Donovan, and Adonis.
Namesakes
  • Donny van de Beek · Dutch association football player, born 1997
  • Donny Hathaway · American singer-songwriter and musician, 1945–1979
  • Donny Robinson · American bicycle cross rider, born 1983
  • Donny Gorter · Dutch footballer, born 1988
  • Donny McCaslin · American musician, born 1966

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.