Donat Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Donat usually leads back to Donato. The name is generally explained as “Descendant of Donato (given)”.

• Before spelling was fixed, Donato was also written Donat.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• From 1891 to 2000, 1,745 births in France were registered under Donat. About 1,192 people in the United States were recorded as Donat in 2010, placing it 21,811 on the national list.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Donat family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Donat report, with a museum-style coat of arms.