| The boy name Dana [ 2 syll. da-na, dan-a ] is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is DEYNah KEY. Dana is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Old English origins. Dana is a variant of the name Dane (English). Dana is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1962, 0.085% of baby boys were given the name Dana. Its ranking then was #172. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is currently of irregular use. In 2007, within the group of boy names directly linked to Dana, Dane (English) was the most frequently used. There were times before 1954 when more boys than girls were named Dana, but currently it is more often than not a girl name. In 1997, girls named Dana outnumbered boys by 12 times. Baby names that sound like Dana include Damon (English), Dani (Spanish), Danny (English), Dany (German), Darrin (English), Darron (English), Dayton (English), Deion (English), Denny (English), Deon (English), Dewayne (English), Dino (Italian), Dinu (Romanian), Dion (English, French, and German), Donnie (English), Daan (Dutch), Damian (English, German, and Polish), Damián (Spanish), Damien (French), Damion (English), Dan (German and English), Dane (English), Dean (English and German), Demian (German), Don (English and Scottish), Duane (English and Irish), Dwayne (English and Irish), Aodán (Irish and Scottish), Aodhán (Irish and Scottish), and Damiano (Italian). KEY: Pronunciation for Dana: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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