What Donají means
Donají is a girl name of Zapotec origin meaning "great soul". It comes from donaxhi, traditionally glossed 'alma grande' (great soul); the analysis is traditional rather than dictionary-based. It is pronounced doh-nah-HEE.
Legendary Zapotec princess of Zaachila, said to have been beheaded by the Mixtecs around 1520; her head and a lily appear on the Oaxaca city coat of arms. Given to girls in Oaxaca.
Spellings and variants: Donaji, Donaxhi.
Popularity: known but uncommon in Mexico.
Related meanings: strength, love, royalty.
Donají is one of the indigenous names that Mexican parents have brought back over the last thirty years. Read about Zapotec names and how they are built.
