Wednesday, 1 April 2026

8 April: Dana Name Day

In Latvia, today is the name day for people called Dana. Dana is a unisex given name. In Arabic, it means 'the most perfectly sized, valuable and beautiful pearl' In Persian, it means 'wise'. It is also occasionally used as a feminine version of Daniel or a short version of other names. 10 famous Danas:

  1. Dana Scallon (pictured): known mononymously as Dana, Irish singer and politician. Won Eurovision in 1970 with All Kinds of Everything.

  2. Dana Andrews: American film actor who became a major star in film noir and Westerns.

  3. Dana: South Korean pop singer.

  4. Dana White Jr.: American businessman, the CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts organisation.

  5. Dana Scully: one of the main characters on the television show The X Files.

  6. Dana Carvey: American comedian who has appeared as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and in the Wayne's World movie series.

  7. Dana Plato: American actress who played Kimberly Drummond on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.

  8. Dana Franklin: Protagonist the novel Kindred by Octavia E Butler. A 26-year-old African-American woman writer, married to a white writer named Kevin. She repeatedly travels in time to a slave plantation in antebellum Maryland.

  9. Dana Delany: American actress who starred as Katherine Mayfair in Desperate Housewives and also provided the voice of Lois Lane in Superman: The Animated Series. She has the longest tenure of playing Lois Lane, having portrayed the character for 17 years.

  10. Dana Owens: also known as Queen Latifah, American rapper, singer and actress.





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