Dana

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What are your honest opinions on Dana? Does it sound too American for someone living in the UK? If you met someone with this name or had just named their baby this would you think "wtf were they thinking?"

I quite like it but don't know if it would work in the UK.

I like it

I like it.

I think it would work fine in the uk.

Reminds me if the irish singer but I doubt anyone would remember since it was in the 70s when she won Eurovision

It's lovely

I don't mind it at all. Would you pronounce it day-nah or da-na. Former, might sound a little more american?

I like it but i was a big x files fan!

American 80's sounding I don't like it I'd group it with Erin/amber that kind of name

I'd think 'homeland'

Not a bad thing though :)

Do you pronounce it "Dar-na" or "Day-na"?

Immediate associations: Dana International (she of Eurovision, 1998) or Dana Carvey (he of Wayne's World).

Also Sigourney Weaver's character in Ghostbusters.

I like Darn-a but not Day-a

It's great! Pronounced Dar-na for the UK, Day-na sounds American and would be mispronounced all the time.

I knew one a few years ago who would be early 20s by now, thought it was a great name.

I like day-na. I think that is also the American and feminine pronunciation - e.g Dana Scully, Dana from Ghostbusters and Dana from the Poltergeist film all pronounce it as day-na.

Pretty much anytime I've heard of anyone with the name it's always been an American. Do you think it would be mispronounced in the UK?

Immediate association for me is Dana Scully, and she's brilliant, so it's a thumbs up from me

It would be pronounced Dar-na all the time in UK. If you're happy with that , do it!

Reminds me of the bible bashing, right wing, fruit loop that is the Irish singer of the same name.

Big NO from me.

Had forgotten about Dana International. I'm sure Ireland's Eurovision winning Dana was most pleased at her namesake Eurovision winner being a transexual.

That has cheered me.

I would think Irish, not American, with the pronunciation Dar-na (like the singer).

And of course there was the second Eurovision winner, who also pronounced it Dar-na, Dana International. The name is well known across Europe.

I automatically think Irish pronunciation as well. I don't like the day-na one nearly as much.

I would automatically say Day-na. I don't think it would be mispronounced here at all, I think most people are more aware of the American type version of the name. I like it, I'm not normal a fan of American type names (like Taylor etc) but I think Dana crosses over well.

Like it. I think of the Irish singer.

there was a dayna in blake 7

Love it- big scully association though!! But I'm a huge x file fan so I'd not mind :o

How about Dinah?

I think of Dana the Eurovision winner with "All Kinds of Everything" and Dana International the Eurovision winner.

In a month of Sundays I would never consider it pronounced Dayna.

I like it on a boy but not on a girl.