Dohnal (feminine: Dohnalová) is a Czech surname, meaning '[he] caught up'. Notable people with the surname include:
Darcie Dohnal (born 1972), American speed skater Johanna Dohnal (1939–2010), Austrian politician Zdeněk Dohnal (born 1945), Czech cyclist
See also
Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), writer and translator, possibly working under the pseudonym Jaroslav Dohnal