Dana (name)

Dana is a female and male given name and a family name.

Origin and meaning of the name

Dana is the short form of Daniela and Daniel (Aramaic) as well as Danuta (Polish).

variants

• Male: Daniel, Danja, Dan , Dano, Daniele (Italian), Danny (English), Danilo (Slav.), Dános (Hungarian), Dana (Kurdish)
• Female: Dana, Dhana, Daniela, Danielle, Dany (French), Daniela (Italian), Daria, Danja, Dania (Slav.), Danniebelle (American)

name day

• July 21 (Catholic)
• December 17th (Orthodox)
• July 25th

stage name

• Dana (born 1950), Irish singer
• Dana (* 1986), South Korean singer
• Dana International (* 1972), stage name of the Israeli singer Sharon Cohen

Well-known name bearers

• Dana Andrews (1909-1992), American film actor
• Dana Ashbrook (* 1967), American actor
• Dana Bönisch (* 1982), German writer and journalist
• Dana Brandt (* 1976) German writer
• Dana Brunetti (* 1973), American film producer
• Dana Carvey (born 1955), American actor
• Dana DeArmond (* 1979), American porn actress
• Dana Delany (born 1956), American actress
• Dana Elcar (1927-2005), American actor
• Dana Friedrich (* 1976), German actress, presenter and voice actress
• Dana Geissler (* 1963), German actress
• Dana Glover (* 1974), American pop singer
• Dana Golombek (* 1970), German actress and singer
• Dana Gould (born 1964), American comedian and actor
• Dana Grigorcea (* 1979), Swiss-Romanian writer and philologist
• Dana Horáková (* 1947), Czech author and politician
• Dana Hussein Abdulrazak (* 1986), Iraqi athlete
• Dana Jessen (* 1983), American musician
• Dana K. Chipman (* 1958), Judge Advocate General (Chief Justice) of the US Army
• Dana Kaproff (* 1954), American composer and music producer
• Dana Milbank (* 1968), American political reporter
• Dana Murzyn (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dana Pyritz (* 1970), German rower
• Dana Reizniece-Ozola (* 1981), Latvian politician and chess player
• Dana Rohrabacher (* 1947), American politician
• Dana Schweiger (* 1968), American presenter, model and entrepreneur
• Dana Stewart Scott (* 1932), American mathematician, logician, computer scientist and philosopher
• Dana Snyder (* 1973), American voice actor and actor
• Dana Touran (* 1993), Jordanian Taekwondoin
• Dana Tyrell (* 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dana van Dreven ( Lady Dana ; * 1974), Dutch hardstyle DJane
• Dana Vávrová (1967–2009), German-Czech actress and film director
• Dana Ward (* 1949), Professor of Political Science
• Dana Wilson (1983-2011), New Zealand rugby league player
• Dana Winner (* 1965), Belgian singer
• Dana Wynter ( born Dagmar Winter, 1931–2011), German-British actress
• Dana Z. Anderson (* 1953), American physicist
• Dana Zajac (* 1994), German volleyball player.
• Dana Zátopková (1922–2020), Czech athlete

family name

• Amasa Dana (1792–1867), American politician
• Audrey Dana (born 1977), French actress
• Bill Dana (entertainer) (1924-2017), American actor and entertainer
• Bill Dana (1930-2014), American test pilot, see William H. Dana
• Charles Anderson Dana (1819–1897), American journalist
• Edward Salisbury Dana (1849–1935), American mineralogist
• Francis Dana (1743–1811), American lawyer, judge, and politician
• James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist
• John W. Dana (1808–1867), American politician
• Judah Dana (1772–1845), American politician
• Kamrun Nahar Dana (* around 1960), badminton player from Bangladesh
• Mary SB Dana (1810-1883), American writer
• Mazen Dana (1962-2003), Iraqi cameraman
• Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana (1822–1905), American major general
• Paul Dana (1975–2006), American racing driver
• Richard Henry Dana, Sr. (1787–1879), American lawyer and writer
• Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815–1882), American lawyer and writer
• Rodd Dana (born 1934), American actor
• Samuel Dana (politician) (1767–1835), American politician (Democratic Republican Party)
• Samuel Trask Dana (1883–1978), American forest scientist
• Samuel W. Dana (1760-1830), American politician (Federal Party)
• Sabina Dana (* 1988), Albanian pop singer
• Simphiwe Dana (* 1980), South African singer
• Vic Dana (born 1942), American dancer and pop music singer
• Viola Dana (1897–1987), American actress
• William H. Dana (1930-2014), American test pilot

Fictional people

• Dana Barrett, from the Ghostbusters film series
• Dana Scully from the X-Files series
• Dana Wolf, character in the series Forbidden Love

mythology

• Danaë , mother of Perseus (Greek mythology)
• Danu , daughter of the Túatha Dé Danann people (Celtic mythology)