The baby name Donga is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced DON-gah,IPA: /ˈdɒŋɡə/ or /ˈdɑːŋɡə/.
Donga is Afrikaans in Origin.
The baby name Donga is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced DON-gah,IPA: /ˈdɒŋɡə/ or /ˈdɑːŋɡə/.
Donga is Afrikaans in Origin.
Donga is a cross-cultural given name and surname with several roots. In Southern Africa it reflects a regional word - via Nguni or Sotho-Tswana languages and South African English - for an eroded gully or steep-sided ravine (compare Zulu/Xhosa udonga "wall, cliff"). In the Himalayan belt and northeastern India, closely allied forms like dunga/donga denote a "boat" or "canoe" in Nepali and Assamese, yielding a calm, water-borne meaning. It also occurs as a place- and clan-name from West and Central Africa (e.g., the Donga River in Nigeria, Donga-Mantung in Cameroon), which can feed into toponymic surnames.
As a given name, Donga is rare but recognizable through cultural references, notably the Brazilian samba pioneer known as Donga (Ernesto dos Santos, 1890-1974). Variants and related spellings include Dunga and Dhonga, and the name functions as unisex in contemporary usage.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #248 | 2 | 5,568 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #427 | 19 | 10,523 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| LY | 0 | #526 | 10 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #559 | 3 | 19,177 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #584 | 4 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #593 | 5 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #652 | 3 | 13,121 |
| LB | 0 | #687 | 4 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #720 | 50 | 18,755 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #738 | 6 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #781 | 5 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #796 | 34 | 13,765 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #814 | 73 | 15,035 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #868 | 14 | 17,948 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #991 | 2 | 12,708 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #992 | 10 | 16,750 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,005 | 5 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,072 | 21 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,074 | 103 | 20,130 | |
| MA | 0 | #1,112 | 17 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,150 | 29 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,231 | 6 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,571 | 44 | 28,008 |
Donga is popular in 31 countries — most recent births per country:
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