Dana

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːnə/

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

Dana

1. An American surname 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.

• A-DNA, ANDA, Anda, NDAA, aDNA, nada

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

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

Dana f

1. a female given name

Dana

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

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

Dana f

1. a female given name

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/

Dana

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/

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

1. a female given name

• Danka
• Danuľa, Danuľka
• Danuša, Danuška

• Dana in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk