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donato Name Meaning and History

Italian: from the medieval personal name Donato (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 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.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the donato family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of donato Families in the US in 1920
Number of donato families
 76-149
 26-75		 1-25
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Michele Donato kit4410 0
DONATO MONTELEONE GLIOZZI families from CALABRIA Lindy1546 0
Niagara Falls/Donato and Scalise S C 1
DONATO Pam Brewster 3
more info Deborah_Donatto 0
CENSUS 1900 USA PUERTO RICO ISANROD2303 0
Donato females Patricia_dellaPiana 1
obit fyi - Jerry DONATO, abt 1932 ?? - 2007 CA. LorraineGilmer02 0
donato in Louisiana ginabina 13
Dorothy Gosnell hgosnell 0
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