Comments for the name Deanna

Deanna was made famous by Canadian-born actress and singer Deanna Durbin.

My name is Deanna, and I pronounce it Dee-ANNA, like the name Anna with a De- in front of it. "Deana" is a totally different name.

Deanna Troy was a character on Star Trek. I was named after her!

My sister's name is Deanna, and it is pronounced dee-anna. I've read that Deanna means divine.

I believe it can also be Polish when pronounced "dee-AH-nah." (According to my Polish friend.)

Deanna is a beautiful name and I pronounce it DeAnna.

One of my oldest friends names is Deanna, pronounced "Dee-na".

I love this name! It is so beautiful and not overused.

Deanna is a pretty name, what turns me away from this name is someone I know with this name, I seriously think something is wrong with her.

I know someone called this who pronounces it Dee-na, and was utterly confused when I saw her name written down. Looks like Dee-anna to me.

Such a gorgeous name!

Yawn. This seems like a lazily constructed name, and it's very common by now, so it's not original in any way. It's not particularly pretty, and it doesn't sound very classy or sophisticated either.

While slight night shiver doesn't have to be so rude about it, I do agree with them on some level. Deanna is my name, and I've never really cared for it. I prefer to go by Anna instead.

This is a pretty name. Dee-na is both cute and sophisticated. But to a degree I have to admit it's another name that ends in "a". I think DeeAnn is a pretty name, too. But the fact that it's not an overly used name is a breath of fresh air.

I know a girl whose name is D'Anna (pronounced DE-ANNA). Obviously a variant of this name.

I love the name Deanna. It's really pretty and elegant.

My name is Deanna and I love it! No one else I know has that name! It's INCREDIBLY rare! And it's a royal name, just to tell you.

My name is Deanna and I love it. I actually got it because my dad's name was Dean and my mom's name is Anna. (: I'm actually pretty proud of my name. (:

Deanna is Greek for girl of the valley.

I've only recently thought about this name, because I knew a girl in elementary school from Bosnia. Her name was Dejana, and she pronounced it dee-AN-uh, like this name. (By the way, to those pronouncing this "DEE-nuh"--that's how you pronounce Dina. And possibly Deana. But Deanna, with two n's, is dee-AN-uh.)

Anyway, I had always thought Dejana sounded pretty, and it has a great meaning ("to act"), but since I'm not Slavic, I wouldn't use that spelling for my daughter. I much prefer the way Deanna looks, but I don't think of it as a feminine form of Dean, but a variant of Dejana. (That may not be what it is etymologically, but it's how I think of it.)

In my experience, Deanna is not a very common name. However, all of the Deanna's (with this spelling) I know are Italian. And as it is, the names I really like right now are Deanna and Theresa. Wow, I'm more Italian than I thought. Lol.

I find my name mediocre. The only other Deanna's I've met haven't been awful, but they've all definitely been boring. I've always seen it as 'anna' with a 'de' prefix, not a variant of Diana. The etymology of this name reads 'chief of ten' which is very absurd and senseless to me.

Also. I hate when it's written 'DeAnna', like an Italian or Spanish last name.

Deanna, a song by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds from the album Tender Prey.

At first glance, I thought that Deanna was a combination of the prefix De- and the suffix -anna. Not a good first impression. Now, however, I see the name as okay. It's nothing gorgeous, but it's not particularly ugly.

I hate this name. It's either a horrible bastardization of the divine name Diana, or a blatantly obvious feminization of Dean.

My name is Deanna & I agree with all the others, people do say it incorrectly. Also I have never met anyone in my whole life who pronounces it the same.

My mother's name is Deanna (pronounced dee-AN-ə), and I always loved the name (she is my mother, after all). People who would call the house would often mispronounce it DEEN-ə, and I always thought that was a horrible sounding pronunciation, although I suppose if you are using it as a feminized version of Dean, you would pronounce it that way. I always thought of it as a form of Diana, and I also thought it sounded like a very southern name. I think it is a very beautiful name.

I like it. Reminds me of a sweet blue eyed, blonde hair southern belle. Just very pretty.