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Dana

in the US

There are 5,129 people with the last name "Dana" in the United States.

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Dana 5,321
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  5. is 5,321st most common Dana
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Similar Names and Nicknames

Donahue, Dunaway, Donahoe, Demaio, Danaher, Dimaio, Donahoo, Demay, Danahy, Demayo

Most Common First Names for Dana

Richard, Robert, John, James, Michael, William, David, Mark

Meaning & History

Origin unidentified. There has been much speculation about the origins of this famous American family name. The most plausible theory is that it is a Huguenot name, a variant of D’Aunay, from any of several places in France called Aunay. However, the name acquired an Irish flavor, being associated, probably erroneously, with a Gaelic forename likewise spelled Dana.

Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal name Dániel (see Daniel).

Czech and Slovak (Daňa); also Polish: from the personal name Daniel, or perhaps from a short form of any of the various Old Slavic compound personal names formed with -dan, for example Bogdan.

FOREBEARS Richard Dana came from England in 1640 to Cambridge, MA, where he died in 1690. His most famous descendant was Richard Henry Dana (1815–82), author of Two Years before the Mast. A lawyer by profession as well as a writer and traveler, he supported the rights of fugitive slaves before and during the Civil War.

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