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Contents
- 1 Spirituality
- 2 People
- 2.1 As a surname
- 2.2 As a first name
- 2.3 As a fictional character
- 2.4 As a mythological character
- 3 Organizations/Companies
- 4 Things
- 5 Locations
- 6 Language
- 7 See also
- 8 Sources
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Spirituality
- Dana (Buddhism) - the practice of generosity or giving in Buddhism
- Danu (Irish goddess) - the Celtic mother goddess
People
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 means from Aunay. 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.
- Bill Dana is an American comedian, writer, producer and composer, well-known for his character Jose Jimenez in the Steve Allen Show
- Charles Dana Gibson was an American graphic artist, noted for his creation of one of the first pin-up girls, the "Gibson Girl".
- 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
- L. Dana Wilgress was a Canadian diplomat
- Mazen Dana, a Reuters cameraman who was shot dead by US soldiers
- Paul Dana, an American race car driver in the Indy Racing League
- Richard Henry Dana, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician , most famous for his classic book Two Years Before the Mast .
- Samuel Dana Horton was an American writer on bimetallism
- 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 (a.k.a. Viola Flugrath, born Virginia Flugrath) wass a silent movie actress
- William H. Dana, a retired American astronaut.
As a first name
As a forename, it is used for males as well as for females. It may come from Dane (from Denmark). As a male forename is very popular in the USA, being in the 314th rank out of 1219 in the 1990 U.S. Census.
- Dana (Korea) is a South Korean pop singer
- Dana, DJ Lady a.k.a. Dana van Dreven, a Dutch female diskj ockey.
- Dana A. Dorsey was an American businessman, banker, and philanthropist
- Dana Andrews was an American actor.
- Dana Ashbrook, an American actor.
- Dana Baitz, a female Toronto-based popular musician and musicologist.
- Dana Barron, an American actress
- Dana Barros, the American owner of the Dana Barros Sports Complex
- Dana Bash, a CNN reporter and anchorwoman
- Dana Beal
- Dana Blankenhorn is a business journalist.
- 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 Childs, a radio personality.
- Dana Delany, an American film, stage, and television actress.
- Dana Elaine Owens, a.k.a. Queen Latifah, an American Grammy Award-winning rap artist and singer, and an Academy Award-nominated actress
- Dana Elcar, was an American television and movie character actor
- Dana Ellis, a Canadian pole vaulter.
- Dana Fabe, a female lawyer, Chief Justice and member of Alaska Supreme Court
- Dana Gillespie
- Dana Gioia is an American poet.
- Dana Girls, The
- Dana Gould, an American comedian and comedy writer
- Dana H. Born
- Dana Harris Porter
- 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 Love is an American businessman.
- Dana Lynn, an American porn actress
- Dana Lyons is a folk music and alternative rock musician.
- Dana Macsim
- Dana Milbank, an American politician
- Dana Murzyn, a former Canadian professional ice hockey league player
- Dana Olsen, an American scriptwriter.
- Dana P. Rowe
- 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
- Dana Rosemary Scallon, an Irish singer, winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest.
- Dana Scott is an American mathematician.
- Dana Snyder
- Dana Sparks
- Dana Spiegel
- Dana Stabenow, an Alaskan author
- Dana Strum
- Dana Stubblefield, an American NFL defensive tackle.
- Dana Vespoli
- Dana Vollmer
- Dana Webster Bartlett
- Dana White
- 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
As a fictional character
- Dana (Buffyverse), a fictional character on the television show Angel.
- Dana Scully, a fictional main character on the television show The X-Files
- Dana Mitchell, a fictional character on the show Lightspeed Rescue Power Rangers
- Dana Sterling is fictional character from Robotech anime television series.
- Dana Barrett was a fictional character from one of the Ghostbusters movies, played by actress Sigourney Weaver
As a mythological character
- King Dana was a Corinthian king, son of Sysiphus and Merope.
Organizations/Companies
- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Boston, Massachusetts-based cancer treatment and research center*
- The Dana Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Charles A. Dana, a New York State legislator, industrialist, and philanthropist
- Dana Corporation[1], a USA based auto parts firm.
- Dana Design is a small manufacuter of backpacks for mountain climbing
- Aes Dana is a French black metal and Pagan metal band
- Dana College is an accredited baccalaureate college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, located in Blair, Nebraska.
- Dana Centre, opened in 2003, is an event venue in London, England.
- Dana is an Eastern European weapons manufacturer.
Things
- Dana is a computer virus
- Dana is a German IRC client (computer software)
- Dana Hills High School is a high school in Dana Point, California
- ZAZ Dana was a model of ZAZ automobile
- AlphaSmart Dana is a PDA made by Alphasmart.
Locations
- Dana, Massachusetts, United States, a former town that was disincorporated as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir.
- Dana Point, California, a town in the state of California, USA.
- Dana, Illinois, a town in the state of Illinois, USA.
- Dana, Indiana, a town in the state of Indiana, USA.
- Dana, Iowa, a town in the state of Iowa, USA.
- Mount Dana is a mountain peak in Yosemite National Park, USA
- Dana Meadows are meadows at the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park, at the foot of Mount Dana
- Dana Point Harbor
- Dana is one of the Biosphere Reserves located in Jordan.
Language
- Dāna[h] دانة in Arabic is the explosive part of a missile, and in Khaliji Arabic means the big, perfectly round Pearl.
See also
Sources
- Dana. Origin of Baby Names
- Dana (Anglo-Saxon). House of Names
- Dana (Italian). House of Names.
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