Dana (given name)

Dana
Pronunciation	UK: /ˈdɑːnə/ DAHN-ə ; US: /ˈdeɪnə/ DAYN-ə
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Multiple
Meaning	Pearl, wise, arbiter, God is my judge, generous, Dane, short for Bogdana, Yordana or Daniela
Region of origin	Global
Other names
Related names	Dena

Last updated April 24, 2026

Dana is a unisex given name. It was among the 100 most popular names given to girls born in the United States between 1960 and 1990. It has since fallen in popularity and was ranked the 446th most popular name given to girls born in the United States in 2007.^[1] As a male forename it was of the 314th rank out of 1,219 in the 1990 U.S. census.^{[ citation needed ]}

Derivations

The name has multiple derivations. Dana or Danah, in Arabic, means 'the most perfectly sized, valuable and beautiful pearl'.^[2] This name is used by Arab states of the Persian Gulf (Eastern Arabia), due to their traditional pearl diving professions wherein they gave different type of pearls names. In Persian, the word dānā literally means 'wise', and some speculate that the name is first used as a first name in Shahnameh .^[3] In Persian, it is both a masculine and a feminine given name.^{[ citation needed ]}

It is also occasionally regarded as a feminine version of Daniel or a short version of feminine names such as Bogdana or Yordana. In Hebrew, the name Dana is the feminine form of Dan, and means 'arbiter'. In Romanian and Czech, it is a feminine name, derived from the name Daniela; the masculine form being Dan/Daniel.^{[ citation needed ]} In Polish, it is a feminine name, derived from the name Danuta.^[4]

People with the name

Female

Mononymous

Dana (South Korean singer) (born 1986), South Korean pop singer

Other

Dana Abed Kader (born 1996), Romanian-Syrian handball player
Dana Abilda (born 1996), Kazakhstani handball player
Dana Agisheva (born 1980), Russian actress
Dana Al Fardan (born 1985), Qatari composer
Dana Al Khalifa, Bahraini blogger and member of the Bahraini royal family
Dana Al-Nasrallah (born 1988), Kuwaiti Olympic sprinter
Dana Alston (1951–1999), American environmental justice advocate
Dana Amir, Israeli poet and psychologist
Dana Anderson (born 1973), Canadian former field hockey player
Dana Andrews, American singer and musician, contestant on the TV show Rockstar: Supernova
Dana Angluin, professor of computer science at Yale University
Dana Antal (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player, gold medalist at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Dana Beth Ardi, American entrepreneur, human capitalist, author, and contemporary art collector
Dana Arnold (born 1961), British professor of architectural history
Dana Awartani, Palestinian-Saudi artist
Dana Baiocco, American government official
Dana Balcarová (born 1960), Czech politician
Dana Barron (born 1966), American actress
Dana Bash (born 1971), CNN News reporter and anchorwoman
Dana Batulková (born 1958), Czech actress and local politician
Dana Belben, American voice actress, animator, screenwriter, effects artist, and comedian
Dana Berger (born 1970), Israeli singer-songwriter and occasional actress
Dana Bergstrom, Australian ecologist
Dana Berliner, American lawyer, litigation director at the Institute for Justice
Dana Bérová (born 1967), Czech businesswoman and former government minister
Dana Beyer (born 1952), American politician and activist
Dana Blankstein Cohen (born 1981), Israeli filmmaker
Dana Bolles, American space flight engineer
Dana H. Born (born 1961), brigadier general in the United States Air Force
Dana Bradley (died 1981), Canadian murder victim
Dana Broccoli (1922–2004), actress and novelist, wife of producer Albert R. Broccoli, mother of producer Michael G. Wilson
Dana Brooke (born 1988), American professional wrestler
Dana Brožková (born 1981), Czech orienteering competitor
Dana Brýdlová (born 1963), Czech gymnast
Dana Buchman, fashion designer
Dana Bunescu (born 1969), Romanian actress
Dana Burde, American political scientist
Dana Cameron (born 1965), American archaeologist, and author of award-winning crime fiction and urban fantasy
Dana Canedy (born 1965), American journalist, author, publisher and Pulitzer Prize winner and administrator
Dana R. Carney, American psychologist
Dana Carteleanu (born 1979), Romanian rhythmic gymnast
Dana Čechová (born 1983), Czech table tennis player
Dana Cervantes (born 1978), Spanish Olympic pole vaulter
Dana "Pokey" Chatman (born 1969), general manager and head coach of the Chicago Sky of the WNBA
Dana Chisnell, American technologist
Dana Chladek (born 1963), Czechoslovak-born American Olympic slalom kayaker and coach
Dana Chmelařová (born 1960), Czech diver
Dana Ciocarlie (born 1968), French pianist
Dana Claxton (born 1959), Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer and performance artist
Dana Coons (born 1978), American long-distance runner
Dana Cordell, Australian academic
Dana Cowin, magazine editor (Food & Wine, Mademoiselle, HG)
Dana Hudkins Crawford (1931–2025), American architectural preservationist
Dana Cuff (born 1953), American architect, professor, and founding director of UCLA's cityLAB
Dana Tippin Cutler, lawyer and news personality
Dana Dajani, Palestinian actress and writer
Dana Danilenko (born 2001), Israeli badminton player
Dana Dattelbaum, American physicist
Dana Davis (born 1978), American actress, known for 10 Things I Hate About You and Franklin & Bash
Dana Dawson (1974–2010), American actress and singer
Dana DeArmond (born 1979), American pornographic actress
Dana Delany (born 1956), American film, stage, and television actress
Dana DeLorenzo (born 1983), American actress
Dana Dentata (born 1990), Canadian musician and model
Dana Devine (died 2024), Canadian immunologist
Dana Dobbie (born 1984), Canadian lacrosse player and coach
Dana Dodd (1985–2006), American woman who was murdered
Dana Dogaru (born 1953), Romanian actress
Dana Dormann (born 1967), American professional golfer, also played as Dana Lofland
Dana Douglas (born 1975), American judge
Dana Drábová (1961–2025), Czech physicist and local politician
Dana Dragomir (born 1964), Swedish musician
Dana East (born 2002), Australian rules footballer
Dana Eden (1973–2026), Israeli television producer
Dana Elazar-HaLevi, Israeli children's writer
Dana Ellis (born 1979), Canadian pole vaulter
Dana Ellyn, American painter
Dana Erlich (born 1980), Israeli diplomat
Dana Eskelson (born 1965), American television, film, and theater actress
Dana Fabe (born 1951), lawyer, Chief Justice of Alaska Supreme Court
Dana Falconberry, American songwriter
Dana Faletic (born 1977), Australian Olympic rower
Dana Fecková (born 1987), Slovak football striker
Dana Ferguson (born 1987), Canadian curler
Dana Firas (born 1970), Jordanian royal
Dana Fischer (born 2010), American Magic: The Gathering player
Dana R. Fisher (born 1971), American sociologist
Dana Fisman, Israeli computer scientist
Dana Flynn (born 1975), also known as Didem Erol, Australian-born Turkish-American actress, model, and TV host
Dana Foederer (born 2002), Dutch footballer
Dana Fox (born 1976), American screenwriter
Dana Frankfort (born 1971), New York-based artist, painting professor at Boston University College of Fine Arts
Dana Fuchs (born 1976), American singer, songwriter, actress, and voice actress
Dana Gaier (born 1997), American actress and singer
Dana Gilbert (born 1959), American tennis player
Dana Gillespie (born 1949), English actress and singer
Dana E. Glauberman (born 1968), American film editor
Dana Glover (born 1974), American pop singer and songwriter
Dana Gluckstein, American visual artist and photographer
Dana Goldberg (comedian) (born 1976)
Dana Goldstein, American journalist and editor
Dana Goodyear (born 1976), American journalist, poet and author, co-founder of Figment online community
Dana G. Goski, material scientist
Dana Gourrier, American actress
Dana Sue Gray (born 1957), American serial killer
Dana Guth (born 1970), German politician
Dana Guzmán (born 2003), Peruvian tennis player
Dana Haidar (born 1993), Jordanian taekwondo competitor
Dana Harrison (1960–2018), American business professional
Dana Hee (born 1961), American Olympic taekwondo competitor, motivational speaker and stuntwoman
Dana Herrmannová (1931–2024), Slovak television presenter
Dana Hill (1964–1996), American actress and voice actor
Dana Hoey (born 1966), American photographer
Dana Hooker (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
Dana G. Hoyt, president of Sam Houston State University
Dana Humby (born 1979), former New Zealand association football player
Dana Hussain (born 1986), sprinter on Iraq's national track and field team
Dana Inkster, Canadian artist and filmmaker
Dana International (born 1969), Israeli singer (stage name of Sharon Cohen), winner of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest
Dana Ivey (born 1941), American character actress
Dana Ivgy (born 1982), Israeli actress
Dana Jacobson (born 1971), American sports journalist and former ESPN anchor
Dana Johnson, American writer
Dana Jurásková (born 1961), Czech politician, former Minister of Health
Dana Kerem (born 1986), Israeli football defender
Dana Kimmell (born 1959), American actress
Dana King (born 1960), former American TV news anchor
Dana Kirkpatrick, New Zealand politician
Dana Kletter (born 1959), American musician and writer
Dana Kochavi (born 2007), Israeli chess player
Dana Kolidzeja (born 1999), Latvian swimmer
Dana Krumbiegel (born 1969), German footballer
Dana Kuchtová (born 1961), Czech Green politician, former Minister of Education
Dana Kuehn (born 1971), American judge
Dana Kugel (born 1997), Israeli badminton player
Dana Kursh, Israeli politician
Dana LaCroix (born 1966), Canadian-American singer and songwriter
Dana Layton, American politician
Dana Lepofsky, Canadian archaeologist and ethnobiologist
Dana Leskinen (born 2001), Finnish footballer
Dana Levenberg, American politician
Dana Levin (born 1965), American poet and creative writing instructor
Dana Aliya Levinson, actress, writer and trans advocate
Dana Lixenberg (born 1964), Dutch photographer
Dana Loesch (born 1978), American conservative TV and radio host
Dana Jeri Maier (born 1982), American artist and cartoonist
Dana Mann (born 1984), American slalom canoer, formerly competed for Slovakia as Dana Beňušová
Dana Marie, Canadian Christian rock singer
Dana Marlowe, US social entrepreneur and activist
Dana Martanová, former Czechoslovak slalom canoer
Dana Marton, romantic suspense novelist
Dana Mase, American pop singer and songwriter
Dana Mathewson (born 1990), American wheelchair tennis player
Dana Mathis, American pop singer and songwriter
Dana McCauley (born 1966), Canadian chef and food writer
Dana McKeon, Maltese musical artist
Dana McLean, American lawyer
Dana McVicker, American country music singer
Donella H. "Dana" Meadows (1941–2001), American environmental scientist, teacher and writer
Dana Medřická (1920–1983), Czechoslovak film actress
Dana Moffat (born 1997), American rower
Dana Morris Dixon, Jamaican politician
Dana Moshkovitz, Israeli theoretical computer scientist
Dana Murray, American animator and producer
Dana Murray (politician) (born 1946)
Dana Murphy, American Republican politician from Oklahoma
Dana Nălbaru (born 1976), Romanian singer, songwriter, and musician, member of Hi-Q
Dana Nechushtan (born 1970), Dutch director and screenwriter
Dana D. Nelson (born 1962), professor of English at Vanderbilt University, progressive advocate for citizenship and democracy
Dana Němcová (1934–2023), Czech politician and psychologist
Dana Nessel (born 1969), American politician and lawyer
Dana Nutu, Romanian-Australian chess player and trainer, also known as Daniela Nuțu-Gajić (born 1957)
Dana Offenbach, American film producer
Dana Okimoto, American former Branch Davidian
Dana Oldfather (born 1978), American oil painter and dinnerware designer
Dana Olmert (born 1972), Israeli left-wing activist, literary theorist and editor, daughter of Ehud Olmert
Dana Owens, also known as Queen Latifah (born 1970), American rapper, singer and actress
Dana Oxley (born 1967), American judge
Dana Pe'er, bioinformatician
Dana G. Peleg (born 1969), Israeli writer, translator, journalist and LGBTQI activist
Dana Perino (born 1972), former White House press secretary
Dana Perry, American filmmaker
Dana Philpott, Canadian professor of immunology
Dana Jean Phoenix (born 1987), Canadian musician and actress
Dana Plato (1964–1999), American actress
Dana Plotogea (born 1981), Romanian Olympic biathlete
Dana Podracká (born 1954), Slovak writer
Dana Pounds, American javelin thrower
Dana Powell, American actress
Dana Priest (born 1957), journalist and author, national security correspondent for The Washington Post
Dana Procházková, Czechoslovak orienteering competitor
Dana Protopopescu, Romanian-Belgian pianist and music instructor
Dana Ptáčková (born 1952), Czech basketball player
Dana Puchnarová (1938–2025), Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist
Dana Pyritz (born 1970), German Olympic rower
Dana Randall (born 1968), professor of theoretical computer science at Georgia Tech
Dana Ranga, Romanian writer and film director
Dana Raphael (1926–2016), American medical anthropologist
Dana Rayne (born 1981), American dance and pop singer
Dana Reason (born 1968), Canadian pianist and composer
Dana Reeve (1961–2006), American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve, also billed as Dana Morosini
Dana Reizniece-Ozola (born 1981), Latvian politician and chess player
Dana Remus, American lawyer
Dana Rettke (born 1999), American volleyball player
Dana Rivers, American transgender advocate and murderer
Dana L. Robert (born 1956), historian of Christianity and a missiologist
Dana Ron, Israeli computer scientist, professor of electrical engineering
Dana Rotberg (born 1960), Mexican film director
Dana Rožlapa (born 1979), Latvian cyclist
Dana Salah (born 1989), Jordanian-Palestinian singer-songwriter
Dana Rosemary Scallon (born 1951), Irish singer and former politician, winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, former MEP
Dana Schechter, singer-songwriter with the band Bee and Flower
Dana Scheriff (born 1998), American soccer player
Dana Schoenfield (born 1953), American Olympic swimmer
Dana Schutz (born 1976), American painter
Dana Schwartz (born 1993), American journalist and author
Dana Schweiger (born 1968), American television personality and businesswoman
Dana Seetahal (1955–2014), Trinidadian politician and attorney
Dana Sensenig (born 1984), American field hockey player
Dana Rosemary Scallon (born 1951), Irish singer and politician
Dana Shem-Ur (born 1990), Israeli writer
Dana Shugar (1961–2000), American academic
Dana Shrader (born 1956), American Olympic swimmer
Dana Simpson (born 1977), American cartoonist (Heavenly Nostrils, Ozy and Millie)
Dana Skelley, British civil engineer
Dana Soumbouloglou (born 1994), Jordanian bodybuilder
Dana Spálenská (born 1950), Czechoslovak Olympic luger
Dana Spiotta (born 1966), American novelist
Dana Sprengers (born 1990), Dutch BMX rider
Dana Stabenow (born 1952), Alaskan author
Dana Stephensen (born 1985), Australian ballerina
Dana Strong (born 1970), American business executive
Dana Suesse (1909–1987), American musician, composer and lyricist
Dana L. Suskind (born 1968), American surgeon
Dana Swanson (born 1981), American singer, actress and writer
Dana Syslová (born 1945), Czech actress
Dana Telem, American surgeon
Dana Telsey, American equity research analyst
Dana Terrace (born 1990), American cartoonist
Dana Thomas (born 1964), American fashion and culture journalist
Dana Tiger, Muscogee artist of Seminole and Cherokee descent
Dana Tippin Cutler, lawyer and news personality
Dana Todorović (born 1977), Serbian writer
Dana Trabulsy (born 1947), American politician
Dana Trent (born 1981), American author, teacher and minister
Dana Trivigno (born 1994), American ice hockey player
Dana Tuleyeva-Aketayeva (born 1986), Kazakhstani chess player
Dana Tyler (born 1958), American local TV news anchor
Dana Ulery (born 1938), American computer scientist
Dana Valery (born 1944), Italian-born singer and actress
Dana van Dreven (born 1974), also known as DJ Lady Dana, Dutch DJ
Dana Vavřačová (born 1954), retired Czech competitive race walker
Dana Vávrová (1967–2009), Czech-German film actress and director
Dana Velďáková (born 1981), Slovak Olympic triple jumper
Dana Veraldi, American artist
Dana Vespoli, American pornographic actress and director
Dana Vollmer (born 1987), American swimmer
Dana T. Wade, American public official
Dana Walden (born 1964), American businessperson
Dana Weigel, NASA flight director
Dana Weiss (born 1969), Israeli journalist
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (born 1960), American actress
Dana A. Williams, Howard University Dean and African-American literature scholar
Dana Winner (born 1965), Belgian singer
Dana Wolfe (born 1963), American journalist and TV producer
Dana Wortley (born 1959), Australian politician
Dana Wright (born 1959), Canadian former hurdler
Dana Wynter (1931–2011), actress
Dana Wyse (born 1965), Canadian writer and visual artist
Dana Young (born 1964), American politician
Dana Youngman, New Zealand television executive
Dana Zámečníková (born 1945), Czech sculptor
Dana Zátopková (1922–2020), Czech javelin thrower, Olympic gold medal winner, wife of runner Emil Zátopek

Male

Dana Allison (born 1966), American former professional baseball player
Dana Altman (born 1958), Oregon University basketball coach
Dana Andersen, Canadian actor, improvisor, filmmaker, writer and director
Dana Andrews (1909–1992), American actor
Dana Ashbrook (born 1967), American actor
Dana Olden Baldwin (1881–1972), American physician
Dana H. Ballard (1946–2022), American professor of computer science
Dana Barros (born 1967), American former professional basketball player, owner of the Dana Barros Sports Complex
Dana W. Bartlett (1860–1942), American Congregationalist minister
Dana Beal (born 1947), American social and political activist
Dana Bible (born 1953), American football coach and former player
Dana X. Bible (1891–1980), American football player, coach, and athletic administrator
Dana Boente (born 1954), Acting Attorney General of the United States
Dana Bourgeois (born 1953), American luthier
Dana Brinson (born 1965), former professional American football wide receiver
Dana Brunetti (born 1973), American film producer and social networking entrepreneur
Dana Bullen (1931–2007), American activist
Dana Bumgardner (1954–2021), American politician
Dana Tai Soon Burgess (born 1968), American performance artist and choreographer
Dana Burnell (born 1963), American drummer
Dana Carey (1903–1976), American football player
Dana Carroll (born 1943), American molecular biologist and biochemist
Dana Carvey (born 1955), American comedian who has appeared as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and in the Wayne's World movie series
Dana Chambers (1895–1946), pen name of the mystery novelist Albert Leffingwell
Dana B. Chase (1848–1897), New Mexican photographer
Dana Childs (1922–1999), Member of the Maine House of Representatives
Dana Chipman (born 1958), American military lawyer, former Judge Advocate General of the United States Army
Dana L. Christensen (born 1951), American federal judge, for the District of Montana
Dana Coin (born 1949), American football player and coach
Dana Colley (born 1961), American musician, saxophonist in the alternative rock band Morphine
D. C. Coolidge (1871–1955), American politician
Dana Cooper, American singer-songwriter
Dana Countryman (born 1954), American electronic music composer and performer, publisher of Cool and Strange Music Magazine
Dana Curtis Covey (born 1951), American military veteran
Dana Criswell (born 1963), American politician
Dana Dane (born 1965 as Dana McLeese), rap artist
Dana Lee Dembrow (born 1953), American lawyer, legislator and jurist
Dana DeMuth (born 1956), Major League Baseball umpire
Dana Deshler (1937–2012), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Dana Dimel (born 1962), American football coach and former player
Dana A. Dorsey (1872–1940), American businessman, banker, and philanthropist
Dana Dow, Republican former Maine state senator
Dana Elcar (1927–2005), American television and movie character actor
Dana Eveland (born 1983), American professional baseball pitcher
Dana Ewell (born 1971), American convicted triple murderer
Dana Ferrell (born 1961), American politician
Dana Fillingim (1893–1961), American major league baseball pitcher
Dana Ford (born 1984), American college basketball coach
Dana Fradon (1922–2019), American cartoonist
Dana Gartzke, American bureaucrat
Dana Giacchetto (1962–2016), American fraudster and money manager
Dana Gioia (born 1950), American poet
Dana Karl Glover (born 1958), American trumpet player and music composer for video games, also known as Karl James or Dr. Dana
Dana Goldberg (director) (born 1979), Israeli film director, poet and playwright
Dana Goldman (born 1966), professor of economics at the University of Southern California
Dana Gonzales (born 1963), American cinematographer
Dana Gould (born 1964), American comedian and comedy writer
Dana McLean Greeley (1908–1986), founding president of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Dana Hall (American football) (born 1969), former American professional football player
Dana Hall (musician) (born 1969), American jazz drummer, percussionist, composer, bandleader, and ethnomusicologist
Dana Hamilton (born 1950), American hammered dulcimer player
Dana Hammond (born 1978), American record producer, composer, songwriter, drummer and bass guitarist
Dana Hanley, American politician, attorney and jurist
Dana Heitman (born 1966), trumpeter for the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Dana Henry, American politician
Dana Holgorsen (born 1971), American football coach and former player
Dana Holt, professional baseball player
Dana Howard (born 1972), former professional American football player
Dana Jennings (born 1957), American journalist and author, New York Times editor
Dana Kafer (1880–1937), American college football player
Dana Evan Kaplan (born 1960), rabbi, writer on Reform Judaism and American Judaism
Dana Key (1953–2010), American Christian rock singer and pastor
Dana Kiecker (born 1961), former major league baseball pitcher, sportscaster
Dana M. King (1890–1952), American college football coach
Dana Knutson, American fantasy artist, known for illustrating role-playing games
Dana Kunze (born 1961), former champion high diver
Dana and Ginger Lamb, American travel writer, co-wrote with his wife Ginger
Dana Lambert (born 1979), Canadian author, politician and cannabis legalization activist
Dana Larsen (born 1971), Canadian politician
Dana Latham (1898–1974), American attorney
Dana Leong (born 1980), musical artist
Dana LeVangie (born 1969), American professional baseball player, scout and coach
Dana Lynch (born 1949), American politician
Dana Lyons, folk music and alternative rock musician
Dana Ahmed Majid, Iraqi Kurdish politician, former governor of Sulaymaniah
Dana Malone (1857–1917), American politician, attorney general of Massachusetts
Dana McKenzie, American football official
Dana McLemore (born 1960), former professional American football cornerback
Dana G. Mead (1936–2018), American businessman, former chairman of MIT's board of trustees
Dana T. Merrill (1876–1957), United States Army general
Dana Milbank (born 1968), American journalist
Dana Mohler-Faria, American education administrator, president of Bridgewater State University
Dana Moore (born 1961), American football player
Dana Carleton Munro (1866–1933), American historian
Dana Murzyn (born 1966), former Canadian professional ice hockey league player
Dana S. Nau (born 1951), professor of computer science and systems research at the University of Maryland, College Park
Dana Nafziger (born 1953), American football player
Dana Nielsen, American mix engineer, audio engineer, record producer and saxophonist
Dana Olsen, American scriptwriter
Dana Pagett (born 1949), American professional basketball player and coach
Dana Peterson, American political consultant, husband of Louisiana state senator Karen Carter Peterson
Dana J. H. Pittard (born 1959), American major general
Dana Porter (1901–1967), Canadian politician and jurist
Dana Prieto, American politician
Dana Quigley (born 1947), American professional golfer
Dana Redd (born 1968), American Democratic politician, mayor of Camden, New Jersey
Dana G. "Buck" Rinehart (1946–2015), 50th mayor of Columbus, Ohio
Dana Rohrabacher (born 1947), U.S. Representative (R-CA)
Dana Rosenblatt (born 1972), American world champion middleweight boxer, nicknamed "Dangerous"
Dana Fuller Ross, pen name used by Western novelists Noel Gerson and James Reasoner
Dana P. Rowe, American musical theater composer
Dana Rucker (1868–1949), American college football coach
Dana Sabraw (born 1958), United States federal judge
Dana Sawyer (born 1951), American biographer and professor of religion
Dana Scott (born 1932), American mathematician
Dana Adam Shapiro, American film director
Dana Sheridan, American flute maker
Dana Shires (born 1932), American physician, research scientist, and inventor
Dana A. Simmons, American air force general
Dana Skoropad, Canadian politician
Dana Snyder (born 1973), American comedian and actor
Dana Snyman, South African journalist, writer and playwright
Dana Stein (born 1958), American Democratic politician
Dana Stinson (born 1971), American hip hop and R&B record producer, rapper and singer, known by the stage name Rockwilder
Dana Stone (1939–1971), American photo-journalist
Dana Strum (born 1958), heavy metal bassist (Slaughter)
Dana Stubblefield (born 1970), American professional football defensive tackle
Dana Summers, American cartoonist (Bound and Gagged, The Middletons)
Dana Tomlin, American cartographer, inventor of map algebra
Dana Tyrell (born 1989), American professional ice hockey player
Dana Veth (born 1987), former Bahamian footballer
Dana Wachs (born 1957), American lawyer and politician
Dana E. Wallace (1917–2007), American biologist
Dana Ward (born 1957), professor emeritus of political studies at Pitzer College
Dana Wells (born 1966), retired American football nose tackle
Dana White (born 1969), President of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)
L. Dana Wilgress (1892–1969), Canadian diplomat
Dana Wright (born 1963), American football player
Dana Zimmerman, American paralympic athlete

Namesakes

Dana Brown, several people
Dana Evans, several people
Dana Kirk, several people
Dana Lewis, several people
Dana Stevens, several people
Dana Taylor, several people
Dana Wilson (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

Dana, intern on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale
Dana, on the television show Angel
Dana, the title character's lover in the Italian photo comic Killing (later revived as Sadistik: The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal)
Dana Appleton, the lawyer opposite Jim Carrey's character in the 1997 film Liar Liar
Dana Barrett, featured in the Ghostbusters movies
Dana Carrington, minor character in the American TV series Dynasty
Dana Cruz, character on Zoey 101
Dana Dearden, obsessed Superman fan who called herself Superwoman
Dana Fairbanks, main character from Showtime's lesbian drama series The L Word
Dana Foster, character on Step By Step
Dana Freeling, a female character in the film Poltergeist (1982)
Dana Iclucia, female protagonist from the video game Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Dana Knightstone, novelist, main character of the Dana Knightstone series of games
Dana Lambert, regular character on the TV show Mission: Impossible
Dana Marschz, main character in Hamlet 2
Dana Mercer, younger sister of main character Alex Mercer in the video game Prototype
Dana Miller and Dana Defruse, two characters from Louds
Dana Mitchell, on the show Lightspeed Rescue Power Rangers
Dana Monroe, from EastEnders
Dana Scully, one of the main characters on the television show The X-Files
Dana Sterling, from the Robotech anime television series
Dana Stevens, a trans woman featured in Chris Bohjalian's novel Trans-Sister Radio
Dana Tan, Batman's girlfriend on the TV series Batman Beyond
Dana Taylor, the former name of Zach Young on the television show Desperate Housewives
Dana Whitaker, a character in the television series Sports Night
Dana Wolf, on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
Dana, a character in the TV series Wayside
Dana, a leader of the Battle Maison in the video games Pokémon X and Y
Dana, narrator of Kindred

References

↑ "Dana: Popularity for Dana in the United States" . Retrieved 2 October 2015.
↑ "دانة" [Danah] (in Arabic). WebTeb. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
↑ "Abstractions". Persian Online. The University of Texas at Austin. 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
↑ "Rada Języka Polskiego - Dana" [Polish Language Council - Dana]. Rada Języka Polskiego. Archived from the original on 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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[1] "Dana: Popularity for Dana in the United States" . Retrieved 2 October 2015.

[2] "دانة" [Danah] (in Arabic). WebTeb. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[3] "Abstractions". Persian Online. The University of Texas at Austin. 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[4] "Rada Języka Polskiego - Dana" [Polish Language Council - Dana]. Rada Języka Polskiego. Archived from the original on 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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