Dana Forename
Approximately 796,075 people bear this name
Dana Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 81% | 352,007 | 1:1,030 | 225 |
| Czechia | 100% | 53,190 | 1:200 | 55 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 48,000 | 1:370 | 82 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 39,416 | 1:2,475 | 431 |
| Romania | 100% | 29,904 | 1:671 | 114 |
| Egypt | 100% | 28,737 | 1:3,198 | 427 |
| Nepal | 80% | 26,669 | 1:1,068 | 202 |
| Canada | 76% | 26,516 | 1:1,250 | 285 |
| Indonesia | 57% | 26,276 | 1:9,817 | 1,351 |
| India | 53% | 20,769 | 1:58,495 | 7,700 |
| Russia | 99% | 19,087 | 1:7,557 | 327 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 13,582 | 1:391 | 79 |
| Syria | - | 8,716 | 1:2,215 | 371 |
| Sudan | 67% | 7,734 | 1:4,888 | 775 |
| Germany | 91% | 7,602 | 1:12,717 | 781 |
| Jordan | 100% | 6,971 | 1:1,266 | 290 |
| Iran | 100% | 6,703 | 1:11,711 | 847 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 3,380 | 1:9,116 | 1,333 |
| England | 87% | 3,375 | 1:16,475 | 1,111 |
| Philippines | 98% | 3,212 | 1:33,004 | 2,831 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,003 | 1:5,628 | 828 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,592 | 1:14,671 | 581 |
| Belarus | 99% | 2,473 | 1:3,834 | 176 |
| Iraq | 67% | 2,409 | 1:14,536 | 983 |
| Australia | - | 2,198 | 1:6,214 | 744 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,172 | 1:2,591 | 483 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 2,016 | 1:96,408 | 4,338 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,907 | 1:24,400 | 1,337 |
| Afghanistan | 97% | 1,776 | 1:18,369 | 1,448 |
| Mexico | 99% | 1,606 | 1:77,300 | 2,281 |
| Serbia | 93% | 1,525 | 1:4,686 | 578 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1,437 | 1:2,478 | 257 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1,426 | 1:2,472 | 559 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1,407 | 1:2,098 | 319 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1,359 | 1:22,654 | 1,659 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,279 | 1:8,387 | 971 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,174 | 1:11,583 | 1,939 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 1,102 | 1:19,610 | 1,785 |
| Bangladesh | 67% | 1,100 | 1:144,965 | 8,534 |
| Thailand | 93% | 1,093 | 1:64,104 | 6,355 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,045 | 1:40,931 | 1,294 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1,033 | 1:1,951 | 310 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1,024 | 1:4,443 | 620 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1,003 | 1:45,364 | 546 |
| Cambodia | 73% | 993 | 1:16,388 | 1,653 |
| South Africa | 75% | 904 | 1:60,324 | 5,850 |
| Malaysia | 53% | 764 | 1:39,856 | 3,453 |
| New Zealand | - | 763 | 1:5,945 | 778 |
| Belgium | 100% | 753 | 1:15,259 | 1,353 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Morocco | - | 682 | 1:50,365 | 2,091 |
| Israel | 100% | 668 | 1:12,579 | 1,439 |
| Sweden | 65% | 634 | 1:15,549 | 1,173 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 628 | 1:11,131 | 1,076 |
| Congo | 96% | 608 | 1:8,239 | 1,111 |
| Peru | 100% | 608 | 1:52,289 | 2,591 |
| France | 99% | 571 | 1:116,410 | 2,407 |
| Kuwait | - | 560 | 1:6,759 | 840 |
| Oman | 100% | 540 | 1:7,609 | 968 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 63% | 518 | 1:2,628 | 512 |
| Nigeria | 59% | 517 | 1:343,451 | 12,227 |
| Mali | 80% | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 463 | 1:22,530 | 2,033 |
| China | - | 460 | 1:2,969,686 | 47,651 |
| Italy | 100% | 456 | 1:133,908 | 2,224 |
| Brazil | 55% | 449 | 1:477,141 | 15,919 |
| Austria | 95% | 419 | 1:20,320 | 905 |
| Colombia | 100% | 405 | 1:117,973 | 3,583 |
| North Macedonia | 94% | 405 | 1:5,162 | 876 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 396 | 1:18,061 | 1,855 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 371 | 1:22,139 | 1,484 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 350 | 1:86,291 | 4,126 |
| Scotland | 95% | 344 | 1:15,553 | 865 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Bahrain | - | 311 | 1:4,337 | 716 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 299 | 1:19,978 | 2,483 |
| DR Congo | 55% | 281 | 1:262,732 | 10,825 |
| Gabon | 100% | 281 | 1:6,702 | 1,252 |
| Ghana | 50% | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Benin | 100% | 275 | 1:38,458 | 3,287 |
| Chile | 99% | 266 | 1:66,193 | 2,052 |
| Ecuador | - | 248 | 1:71,480 | 2,096 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 240 | 1:22,804 | 555 |
| Croatia | 94% | 238 | 1:17,719 | 1,044 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56% | 223 | 1:36,557 | 3,600 |
| Denmark | - | 218 | 1:25,915 | 1,352 |
| Norway | 79% | 201 | 1:25,534 | 1,394 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 200 | 1:80,542 | 2,022 |
| Wales | 87% | 196 | 1:15,787 | 988 |
| Panama | 86% | 188 | 1:20,780 | 2,029 |
| Yemen | - | 184 | 1:142,917 | 1,572 |
| Ireland | 73% | 183 | 1:25,374 | 1,123 |
| Jamaica | - | 179 | 1:16,107 | 1,492 |
| Montenegro | 98% | 175 | 1:3,626 | 590 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 174 | 1:14,131 | 1,066 |
| Transnistria | 97% | 152 | 1:3,129 | 188 |
| Belize | 100% | 147 | 1:2,410 | 549 |
| Mauritania | 93% | 146 | 1:28,050 | 1,812 |
| Honduras | 100% | 130 | 1:67,827 | 2,652 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 129 | 1:36,961 | 1,887 |
| Estonia | 100% | 128 | 1:10,276 | 1,145 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Greece | 100% | 118 | 1:92,666 | 2,584 |
| Niger | 76% | 114 | 1:168,281 | 5,120 |
| Burkina Faso | 65% | 105 | 1:175,043 | 8,164 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 96 | 1:35,705 | 1,513 |
| Japan | - | 87 | 1:1,471,104 | 17,514 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Suriname | 100% | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| South Korea | - | 81 | 1:68,450 | 4,047 |
| Malta | - | 80 | 1:5,367 | 705 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 77 | 1:308,697 | 22,305 |
| Singapore | 83% | 76 | 1:82,724 | 7,169 |
| Qatar | 96% | 74 | 1:32,022 | 4,280 |
| Zimbabwe | 55% | 68 | 1:226,821 | 13,153 |
| Bahamas | - | 62 | 1:6,441 | 914 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 61 | 1:98,661 | 3,468 |
| Finland | 88% | 56 | 1:97,914 | 2,370 |
| Hong Kong | - | 51 | 1:152,014 | 3,072 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:1,251 | 282 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 48 | 1:2,286 | 461 |
| Zambia | - | 47 | 1:337,336 | 9,272 |
| Guam | - | 45 | 1:3,570 | 683 |
| El Salvador | - | 43 | 1:147,483 | 2,528 |
| Armenia | 96% | 42 | 1:69,494 | 2,139 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 42 | 1:4,234 | 728 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Iceland | 93% | 38 | 1:9,632 | 896 |
| Bermuda | - | 34 | 1:1,907 | 425 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 32 | 1:226,150 | 3,449 |
| Guyana | 100% | 31 | 1:24,621 | 2,839 |
| Turkey | 84% | 30 | 1:2,593,390 | 16,208 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 25 | 1:73,726 | 1,362 |
| Azerbaijan | 88% | 25 | 1:385,718 | 8,909 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 25 | 1:34,843 | 1,711 |
| Kosovo | - | 25 | 1:74,458 | 4,696 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Senegal | 80% | 25 | 1:583,254 | 7,036 |
| Georgia | 97% | 24 | 1:155,769 | 4,717 |
| Uganda | 52% | 24 | 1:1,706,538 | 23,866 |
| Albania | 100% | 22 | 1:138,480 | 8,433 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 22 | 1:161,377 | 2,338 |
| Barbados | - | 20 | 1:14,489 | 1,291 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 18 | 1:31,336 | 1,560 |
| Hungary | 97% | 16 | 1:611,986 | 2,162 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 15 | 1:706,760 | 3,031 |
| Guinea | - | 15 | 1:790,576 | 3,143 |
| Grenada | 100% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| Kenya | - | 13 | 1:3,562,085 | 22,986 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 13 | 1:8,583 | 1,271 |
| Liberia | 100% | 12 | 1:367,672 | 10,977 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 12 | 1:108,149 | 3,359 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 9 | 1:6,096 | 1,002 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 6 | 1:1,917,759 | 4,898 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bhutan | 75% | 4 | 1:206,232 | 3,492 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Brunei | 50% | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Daña (20) & Dána (1) are calculated separately.
Dana (82,382) may also be a surname.
Dana Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Celtic name, meaning: Darling.
User-submitted Reference
Dayna is a given name that originates from one of the oldest spoken languages of the world, Latvian, which is spoken in Latvia. It broadly means 'collection of the best and most beautiful'. In contemporary adaptations of the name variations of the spelling of the name include Dayna or Dana. As with most names ending in a it is a name associated with the feminine, however in more contemporary times it has also been used as a masculine name.
- helligysThis name derives from the Hebrew-Aramaic word dayan, meaning 'judge'. Therefore the name means 'my judge is God', 'divine judge', 'judged by God'.
- daniele22Dana Forename Popularity
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Dana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dana in the Russian language | ||
| Дана | dana | - |
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