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 [ 2 syll. da-na, dan-a ] The boy name Dana 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, Scandinavian, and Hebrew languages, and it is derived from Old English and Hebrew origins. From Old English and Hebrew roots, its meaning is Dane - in this context, Dana is usually used in the English and Scandinavian languages. Derived from the element 'dhen' which means low, flat. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name and the surname as a given name. See Dana for more info. Dana is a variant (English) of the name Dane (English, Dutch, and Lithuanian). Dana is also a variant (Hebrew) of the name Daniel (Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish). 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 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Dana, Daniel (Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish) 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 Daemon (English), Daimen (English), Daithin (Irish), Daman (Irish and English), Damen (English), Damjan (Hungarian and Slavic), Damon (English), Damyan (Russian), Dani (Hungarian, Slovenian, and Spanish), Dannie (English), Danny (English and Hebrew), Dano (Czech), Dany (German), Danya (Russian), Darran (English), Darrin (English), Darron (English), Darryn (English), Datan (Hebrew), and Dathan (Hebrew). 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)"   |
