Donato Family History
Donato Name Meaning
Spanish Portugal and Italian: from the personal name Donato (from 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 Christian saints and a 4th-century grammarian and commentator on Virgil widely respected in the Middle Ages as a figure of great learning. See also Donat .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022