Dana (name)

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Contents 1 People 1.1 As a surname 1.2 As a first name 1.3 As a fictional character 2 Sources

[edit] People

[edit] As a surname

Dana as a surname may have several origins. In England, it came from dann, the valley of a meadow, and it may mean the dweller of that valley. In Continental Europe, it probably came from Dane (or Danish, from Denmark). This surname is related to Danese in Italy and it can be found mostly in the Piedmont region. It may also be a modification of Huguenot French origin, probably a variant of d'Aunay, of geographical origin. It may be also a Gaelic patronymic, since it is a common forename in Ireland. Dana is a relatively common surname in the USA, ranking 7161 out of 88,799 in the 1990 U.S. Census.

At least into the first half of the 19th century, all American Danas were descended from Richard Dana, who arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts around 1640.

• Bill Dana (comedian), famous for his José Jiménez alter ego
• Charles Anderson Dana, American writer, journalist and government official
• Daniel Dana, American educator, was the president of Dartmouth College.
• Francis Dana, an American lawyer
• Henry Dana, founder of the Native Police force in Victoria, Australia in the nineteenth century.
• James Dwight Dana was an American zoologist and geologist.
• John Cotton Dana was a highly influential American librarian and museum director.
• Mazen Dana, a Reuters cameraman who was shot dead by US soldiers.
• Paul Dana, a former American race car driver in the Indy Racing League, who died in a crash in March 2006.
• Richard Henry Dana, Jr., was an American lawyer and politician , most famous for his classic book Two Years Before the Mast .
• Samuel W. Dana, was an American lawyer and politician.
• Sophia Dana, was a nineteenth-century feminist, a Transcendentalist and later a Catholic.
• Vic Dana, an American dancer and singer.
• Viola Dana, (also known as Viola Flugrath, born Virginia Flugrath) was a silent movie actress.
• William H. "Bill" Dana, test pilot

[edit] As a first name

Dana Given Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Dana

As a forename, it is used for males as well as for females. It may come from Dane (from Denmark). As a male forename it is well known in the USA, being in the 314th rank out of 1219 in the 1990 U.S. Census. In Denmark, Dan (without an A; literally meaning "Of Denmark") is a quite common name, where it is exclusively masculine. "Dana" or "Danah", in Arabic, means "the most perfectly sized, big, round, and beautiful pearl". This name is used mainly by Arabs of the Persian Gulf, due to their traditional pearl diving professions wherein they gave different type of pearls names. It is used in the Arab world as a female name. The name is used in Persian for both male and female sexes. While the word literally means 'knowledgable', some speculate that the name is first used as a first name in Shahnameh.

• Dana (Korea), is a South Korean pop singer.
• Dana Andrews, was an American actor.
• Dana Ashbrook, an American actor.
• Dana Baitz, a female Toronto-based popular musician and musicologist.
• Dana Barron, is an American actress.
• Dana Barros, the American owner of the Dana Barros Sports Complex.
• Dana W. Bartlett
• Dana Bash, a CNN News reporter and anchorwoman.
• Dana Beal
• Dana Blankenhorn, is a business journalist.
• Dana H. Born
• Dana Bourgeois, a luthier,
• Dana Brown, son of Bruce Brown, is a surfer and a film-maker.
• Dana Buchman, a fashion designer.
• Dana Carleton Munro, was an American historian.
• Dana Carvey, an American comedian who has appeared as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and in the "Wayne's World" movie series.
• Dana Dane, (born Dana McLeese), a rap artist
• Dana Delany, an American film, stage, and television actress.
• Dana A. Dorsey, was an American businessman, banker, and philanthropist.
• Dana van Dreven, also known as DJ Lady Dana, Dutch female disc jockey.
• Dana Elcar, was an American television and movie character actor.
• Dana Ellis, a Canadian pole vaulter.
• Dana Fabe, a female lawyer, Chief Justice of Alaska Supreme Court.
• Dana Gillespie
• Dana Gioia, is an American poet.
• Dana Girls, The
• Dana Gould, an American comedian and comedy writer.
• Dana Halabi, a Lebanese pop singer, usually referred to simply as Dana.
• Dana Hill
• Dana International, Israeli singer (born Yaron Cohen), who won the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest.
• Dana Jacobson, is an American sports journalist and ESPN anchor.
• Dana Key, American Christian singer and pastor.
• Dana Kimmell, an American actress.
• Dana Lyons, is a folk music and alternative rock musician.
• Dana Macsim
• Dana Milbank, an American journalist
• Dana Murzyn, a former Canadian professional ice hockey league player.
• Dana Olsen, an American scriptwriter.
• Dana Elaine Owens, also known as Queen Latifah, an American Grammy Award-winning rap artist and singer, and an Academy Award-nominated actress.
• Dana Perino, Acting White House Press Secretary
• Dana Plato, an American actress
• Dana Porter
• Dana Priest, is a journalist and author, National Security Correspondent for the Washington Post.
• Dana Quercioli
• Dana Quigley
• Dana Reeve, an American actress.
• Dana Rohrabacher, Californian Politician.
• Dana P. Rowe
• Dana Rosemary Scallon, an Irish singer, winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest.
• Dana Scott, is an American mathematician.
• Dana Snyder
• Dana Sparks
• Dana Stabenow, an Alaskan author.
• Dana Strum
• Dana Stubblefield, an American NFL defensive tackle.
• Dana Vespoli
• Dana Vollmer
• Dana White
• Dana Wood
• Dana Wortley, is an Australian politician.
• Dana Wynter, (born Dagmar Winter).
• Dana Zátopková, is a Czech javelin athlete, Olympic gold and wife of runner Emil Zatopek.
• Dana Ziejka
• Dana Schor

[edit] As a fictional character

• Dana, a fictional character on the television show Angel.
• Dana Barrett, was a fictional character featured in the Ghostbusters movies, played by actress Sigourney Weaver.
• Dana Fairbanks was a fictional main character from the drama series The L Word, played by actress Erin Daniels.
• Dana Mitchell, a fictional character on the show Lightspeed Rescue Power Rangers.
• Dana Scully, a fictional main character on the television show The X-Files.
• Dana Sterling, is fictional character from the Robotech anime television series.
• Dana Tan, is a fictional character from the series Batman Beyond.

[edit] Sources

• Dana - Origin of Baby Names
• Dana (Anglo-Saxon) - House of Names
• Dana (Italian) - House of Names.