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Dana Name Meaning

Dana meaning

Name :

Dana spker

Gender :
Masculine
Meaning of Dana :

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Variant Names of Dana:

Dane, Danie, Daena, Daina, Danaca, Danah, Danay, Dane, Danet, Daney, Dania, Danica, Danna, Danya, Day,  Daena,  Danaca,  Danah,  Danay,  Dane,  Danet,  Daney,  Dania, Danica,  Danna,  Danya,  Dayna,  Dayne and Donni,  Daena,  Danaca,  Danah,  Danay,  Dane,  Danet,  Daney,  Dania, Danica,  Danna,  Danya,  Dayna,  Dayne and Donni

Rhyming Names of Dana: 
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Popularity Rank :

Dana name was top ranked at 808 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 851 position in American during year 2015

     

Name Dana has been Most Popular throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 934 position. 53005 numbers of people were named Dana so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

Dana Numerology :
Personality No. 9. People with name Dana desire love & independence. They love arts & music. They are generous, kindhearted, humane & philanthropic. Person with Dana having 9 as Personality number love traveling & teaching but hate restraint. They are bold, functional, broadminded & spiritual. They have will power & are determined , but are impulsive, contentious, ill-tempered, rebellious & impatient too. More Numerology

More About Name : Dana

  • From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish.

    It is also a place name referring to an English river.

  • Name has been brought from the surname, which might be derived as a feminine form of Hebrew name “Dan”,which means”Judge”.

  • Dana is a very old Romanian first name derived from Dan which comes from Daniel.A nickname for Daniela is Dana.

    It is also considered as having a hebrew origin.

  • Another name for god.

  • The name has multiple derivations. It may come from Dane (from Denmark), the meaning of the common surname. It is also occasionally regarded as a feminine version of Daniel or a short version of feminine names such as Bogdana or Yordana. Dana is also an alternate spelling of the name for Danu, a Celtic fertility goddess. 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

  • Richard Dana, the US author of Two Years before the Mast who was also known for his work in supporting the rights of fugitive slaves.

Name Analysis of Dana

Character Analysis of Dana : Persons with the name Dana feel compelled to build strong foundations for themselves and those around them, particularly family.

Love Life of Dana : Persons are attracted by the strange things, unusual, quirky also want their sex life to be so.

Name Letter Analysis of Dana

D : Persons are grounded and pragmatic

A : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinking

N : Persons are a "think outside the box" kind of person -- creative and original

A : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinking

Astrological (Vedic) Aspect of Name Dana

Acoording to vedic astrology , Rashi for the name Dana is Kark and Moon sign associated with the name Dana is Cancer.

The name Dana has Water element. Moon is the Ruling Planet for the name Dana . The name Dana having moon sign as Cancer is represented by The Crab and considered as Cardinal .

Normally, people with the name Dana are usually determined toward their goals. They are also imaginative and have a great memory.

Other name options, having Cancer moon sign are name starting with : Ha, Hi, Hu, He, Ho, Da, De, Di, Du, Do, Hr.

Nakshatra (Vedic) of Name Dana

The name Dana is suitable for baby born in Pushya nakshatra

Pushya Nakshatra: "The nourisher", also known as sidhya or tiṣya

Lord: Shani (Saturn)
Symbol : Cow's udder, lotus, arrow and circle
Deity : Bṛhaspati, priest of the gods
Indian zodiac: 3°20' -16°40' Karka
Western zodiac 29°20' Cancer - 12°40' Leo
Other name options, having Pushya nakashatra are name starting with : Hu, He, Ho, Da.

Famous Name Dana

  • Dana Andrews

    was an American film actor. He was born Carver Dana Andrews on a farm just outside of Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, the third of nine children of the Rev. Charles Forrest Andrews, a Baptist minister and his wife Annis. The family subsequently moved to Huntsville, Texas, where his younger siblings (including actor Steve Forrest) were born.

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  • Paul Dana

    In 1996 Dana was working as a mechanic at the Bridgestone Racing School in Ontario when he won his first races there. In 1998 he moved to Indianapolis and began competing in Barber Dodge Pro Series, and his top 20 finish earned him an invitation to the inaugural Formula Dodge National Championship. He then competed in the Infiniti Pro Series where he captured one race win and placed second in the 2004 championship. He then secured sponsorship to run in the IndyCar Series with sponsorship from Ethanol suppliers, which he brought to Hemelgarn Racing.

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