Danna

Where Danna comes from

As a surname from French D'Anna (“of Anna”). The given name is more probably a feminine form coined from Dan or Daniel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Danna
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #4,417 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Danna García born
    Colombian actress
  3. 1995
    Danna Paola born
    Mexican singer, actress, composer and model
  4. 2010
    Peak, #267
    1,226 babies named Danna — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #549.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Danna Paola · Mexican singer, actress, composer and model, born 1995
  • Danna García · Colombian actress, born 1978
  • Danna Vale · Australian politician, born 1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.