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I was surprised this wasn't listed in the database here. Can someone tell me the meaning/derivation of Tana? I've known two U.S. women with this name.
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What the heck -- let's stick our necks out and say....
that "Tana" is a Pharaonic Egyptian word that means "reviver of the dead."
In the "Mummy" flicks of the '30's and 40's, Boris Karloff and later Lon Chaney, Jr. (plus one more actor, I think) played the title roles in succeeding films. All were revived, then sustained by a brew made of tana leaves, sort of an Egyptian "Red Bull" that gave them the energy to carry on all sorts of mayhem while moving stiff-legged in apparent slow motion. (How they ever managed to catch up to a victim is beyond reason, but it was enough to scare the bejaysus out of this 10-year-old watching late-night TV in the late '50's...)
- Da.
that "Tana" is a Pharaonic Egyptian word that means "reviver of the dead."
In the "Mummy" flicks of the '30's and 40's, Boris Karloff and later Lon Chaney, Jr. (plus one more actor, I think) played the title roles in succeeding films. All were revived, then sustained by a brew made of tana leaves, sort of an Egyptian "Red Bull" that gave them the energy to carry on all sorts of mayhem while moving stiff-legged in apparent slow motion. (How they ever managed to catch up to a victim is beyond reason, but it was enough to scare the bejaysus out of this 10-year-old watching late-night TV in the late '50's...)
- Da.
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Thank you for the reply. I'm not sure, but it doesn't seem to fit. Does this help - both people I knew were from Wisconsin. Or is that fully a coincidence? They are nearly a generation apart in age and don't know one another.
Both were so pretty, I always think of it as a pretty name.
Both were so pretty, I always think of it as a pretty name.
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Yikes!
I've met a Tana too, at least that's how I think it was spelt.... she pronounced it "tah-nah" with broad "a" sounds, as opposed to saying tan-a. Anyway it was an Australian woman of Japanese heritage, but I never asked her about her name! grrrr. stupid me I really must be more curious!
It could be Japanese because that was the heritage of this person I met, but then again her parents could have got it from somewhere else.
♥"Mada"♥
Deep space is my dwelling place; the stars my destination
Proud adopter of six PP's!
!!!!!! - Ribron, Merika, Cira, Vodar, Varena "Ena" and Anderven.
I've met a Tana too, at least that's how I think it was spelt.... she pronounced it "tah-nah" with broad "a" sounds, as opposed to saying tan-a. Anyway it was an Australian woman of Japanese heritage, but I never asked her about her name! grrrr. stupid me I really must be more curious!
It could be Japanese because that was the heritage of this person I met, but then again her parents could have got it from somewhere else.
♥"Mada"♥
Deep space is my dwelling place; the stars my destination
Proud adopter of six PP's!
!!!!!! - Ribron, Merika, Cira, Vodar, Varena "Ena" and Anderven.
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The outgoing New Zealand rugby captain is named Tana! Surname Umaga, and a wonderful sportsman, but you couldn't say'pretty' - giggle!
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