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Dana vs Danny - What's the difference?

dana | danny |

As a verb dana

is to damn.

As a proper noun danny is

a diminutive of the male given name daniel.

dana

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • of uncertain origin.
  • (chiefly, US) derived from the surname.
  • * 1971 J. Anthony Lukas, Don't Shoot — We Are Your Children , Random House, ISBN 0394462874, page 419:
    • Johnie had become a "problem" for the advosers and "baby deans" in University Hall: men with marvelously Puritan names like Dana Cotton and Christopher Wadsworth called him in and asked what the trouble was.
  • usually interpreted as a form of Daniel, taken to use in the twentieth century; possibly borrowed from eastern Europe.
  • A village in Illinois
  • A town in Indiana
  • A city/town in Iowa

    • Anagrams

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    danny

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Danielle, Daniella and Daniela.

    • See also

    * Dan (m) * Dani (f) English diminutives of male given names English diminutives of female given names ----