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View Name: Deanna


DEANNA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: dee-AN-ə, DEEN-ə   [key]
Meaning & History
Either a variant of DIANA or a feminine form of DEAN. This name was popularized by the Canadian actress and singer Deanna Durbin (1921-), whose birth name was Edna. Her stage name was a rearrangement of the letters of her real name.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Deana, Deanne, Deeann, Deena, Dena, Diana, Dianna
DIMINUTIVE: Di
MASCULINE FORMS: Dean, Dene
OTHER LANGUAGES: Diana (Catalan), Dijana, Dajana (Croatian), Diana (Dutch), Diane, Dianne (French), Diana (German), Kiana (Hawaiian), Diána (Hungarian), Diana (Italian), Diana (Lithuanian), Dijana (Macedonian), Diana (Portuguese), Diana (Roman Mythology), Diana (Romanian), Diana (Russian), Dijana (Serbian), Dijana (Slovene), Diana (Spanish)
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