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DANA (2)

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: DAY-nə   [key]

From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish. It was originally given in honour of American lawyer Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882), the author of 'Two Years Before the Mast'.
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(see also DANA (1), DANA (3))

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