Forename Dana

Throughout the world, Dana (Dana , دانا , Дана , among others...) is a widespread mostly girly, but seldom male first name. The first name Dana is habitual in Czechia, where it is a common girly name, Kuwait, where it is quite a common predominantly female, but scarcely male name, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a common female name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, India, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Dana is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Dana is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Dana

name Đana, name Dànà, name Danâ, name Danā, name Dannah, name Dãnã, name Даъна, name دانا, name Dãnâ, name Dãñã, name Dãnà, name Dâñà, name ダナ, name Dānā, name Dàñá, name Dàna, name Dânã, name Ďanà, name Đaňa, name Dano, name Ďana, name Dana, name Daná, name דיינה, name Bohdana, name Ντάνα, name Dânâ, name Dan, name Don, name Dána, name ดานา, name Daňa, name Дан, name Dáñà, name דנה, name Danne, name Dãna, name Dâna, name Dănă, name Дана, name 达纳, name Dáňa, name Dáná, name Дейна, name Ďańa, name Danna, name Dāna, name Daña, name Dáńá, name Ďaňa, name Dană, name Dãná, name Danà, name Đaña, name Dànã, name Daniela, name Δανα, name Dena

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Dana	Romania, United States, India, Indonesia, Ethiopia
دانا	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Palestinian Territory
Дана	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Russia, United States
דיינה, דנה	Israel
ダナ	Japan
ดานา	Thailand
达纳	China

First names said to be same

Bohdana, Dan, Daniela, Danna, Dannah, Danne, Dano, Danà, Daná, Danâ, Danā, Dană, Daña, Daňa, Dena, Don, Dàna, Dànà, Dànã, Dàñá, Dána, Dáná, Dáñà, Dáńá, Dáňa, Dâna, Dânâ, Dânã, Dâñà, Dãna, Dãnà, Dãná, Dãnâ, Dãnã, Dãñã, Dāna, Dānā, Dănă, Ďana, Ďanà, Ďańa, Ďaňa, Đana, Đaña, Đaňa, Δανα, Ντάνα, Дан, Даъна, Дейна,

First name Dana in the context

Dana is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dana Scully , the fictional character and protagonist of the television series The X-Files; Dana Barrett , the fictional character from the Ghostbusters franchise; Dana Tan , the character in Batman Beyond, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; Dana Fairbanks , the fictional character from the television series The L Word and Dana , the character from According to Jim, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	danax 1st millennium deacon, AL (b. 100)
	dana zenas smith politician in Massachusetts, US (1819-1893), US (b. 1819)
	dana reed bailey American lawyer and politician, US (b. 1833)
	anderson g. dana (1791-1861) (b. 1791)
	dana clayes (b. 1792)
	dana smith American painter, US (b. 1805)
	dana malone politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1857)
	dana w. bartlett American Congregationalist minister and writer (1860-1942), US (b. 1860)
	dana carleton munro United States historian (1866-1933), US (b. 1866)
	dana pond colburn American educator, US (b. 1823)
	dana evans American athlete, coach and athletics administrator, US (b. 1874)
	dana b. merrill American photographer (born 1877), US (b. 1877)
	dana pond American painter, US (b. 1881)
	dana taylor gallup politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1885)
	dana x. bible American college football coach, college baseball coach, college basketball coach, college athletics administrator (1891-1980), US (b. 1891)