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Meaning & Origins
Of recent origin (not found as a name before the 1920s). It is derived from the Italian vocabulary word donna ‘lady’ (compare Madonna), but it is now also used as a feminine form of Donald.
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English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
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Nicknames & variations
Donnie, Donny, Donn, Donnah, Donne, Donnia, Donni, Donney, Don, Donnye
Johnston, John, Johns, Johnsen, Johnstone, Johnny, Johnsrud, Johnnie, Johnsey, Johnso
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