English

Proper noun

Dana

1. An American surname​ of uncertain origin.
2. (chiefly US) A male given name derived from the surname.
   • 1971 J. Anthony Lukas, Don't Shoot — We Are Your Children, Random House, ISBN 0394462874, page 419:

     Johnie had become a "problem" for the advosers 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.

3. A female given name usually interpreted as a form of Daniel, taken to use in the twentieth century; possibly borrowed from eastern Europe.
4. A village in Illinois
5. A town in Indiana
6. A city/town in Iowa

Translations

Anagrams

• aDNA
• ANDA
• nada

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Dana f

1. A female given name.

Declension

Related terms

• Dan
• Daněk
• Daniel
• Daniela

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dana

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

Latvian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Dana f

1. A female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Dana was the only given name of 2197 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/

Noun

Dana

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

Slovak

Proper noun

Dana f

1. A female given name.

English

Alternative forms

• dāna, daana

Noun

dana ‎(uncountable)

1. The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms.

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdana/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: da‧na

Noun

dana

1. genitive singular of dan (master of judo and karate)
2. accusative singular of dan (master of judo and karate)

Esperanto

Adjective

dana ‎(accusative singular danan, plural danaj, accusative plural danajn)

1. Danish

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdana]

Participle

dana

1. nominative singular feminine of dany

Portuguese

Verb

dana

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of danar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of danar

Swedish

Verb

dana

1. to shape, to create, to educate

Conjugation

Related terms

• danare
• daning
• omdana

Turkish

Etymology

Proto-Turkic *tāna

Noun

dana

1. calf (young of cattle)