Dana

See also: dana, dà̰na, daña, dána, dàna, and dāņa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːnə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ.nə/, /ˈdænə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Dana

1. of uncertain origin.
2. (chiefly US) A unisex given name transferred from the surname, originally given in honor of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
   • 1971 J. Anthony Lukas, Don't Shoot — We Are Your Children, Random House, →ISBN, page 419:

     Johnie had become a "problem" for the advisers and "baby deans" in University Hall: men with marvelously Puritan names like Dana Cotton and Christopher Wadsworth called him in and asked what the trouble was.

   • 2000, California Blue Book, page 168:

     Currently serving his sixth term in Congress, Dana Rohrabacher represents California's scenic 45th Congressional District.

3. A female given name from Hebrew, masculine equivalent Daniel, from Romanian, Czech, Slovak and German.
4. A unisex given name from Persian, borrowed from Persian دانا (Dânâ), meaning “wise”.
5. A town in Indiana; named for Charles Dana, a railroad official.
6. A village in Illinois; named for Thomas Dana, a railroad official.
7. A city in Iowa; named for Samuel Dana, an early settler.
8. A town in central-west Nepal.
9. A village in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
10. A village in Amhara, Ethiopia.
11. A village in central-west Jordan.

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Dana (cs) f
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Anagrams

• ANDA, NDAA, aDNA, nada

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: Da‧na

Etymology 1

Feminine form of the biblical name Dan. Also a short form of Daniela and Bohdana.

Proper noun

Dana f

1. a female given name.

Related terms

• Dan
• Daněk
• Daniel
• Daniela

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dana

1. genitive singular of Dan
2. accusative singular of Dan

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1969. From Daniela.

Proper noun

Dana f

1. a female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Dana was the only given name of 2197 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/

Noun

Dana

1. genitive singular of Dan
2. accusative singular of Dan
3. nominative dual of Dan

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Slovak

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/

Proper noun

Dana f (genitive singular Dany, nominative plural Dany, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Dana

	singular	plural
nominative	Dana	Dany
genitive	Dany	Dán
dative	Dane	Danám
accusative	Danu	Dany
locative	Dane	Danách
instrumental	Danou	Danami

Derived terms

• Danka
• Danuľa, Danuľka
• Danuša, Danuška

Further reading

• “Dana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024