Deanna

Deanna
	Actress Deanna Durbin popularized the name.
Gender	Female
Language(s)	English, Italian
Origin
Meaning	Recently created variant of Diana or Dean

Deanna or DeAnna is a feminine given name. It is a variant of the name Diana apparently created in 1936 as a stage name for actress and singer Deanna Durbin, whose given name was originally Edna Mae. The name is also used as a feminine version of the name Dean. Deanne is a variant.^[1]

Usage

The name was among the top 1,000 names in use for newborn American girls between 1936 and 2013. Its greatest use was between 1938 and 1941, when it was among the top 150 names for girls, and between 1969 and 1971, when it was among the top 100 names for newborn American girls. It was a top 100 name for girls in Canada between 1937 and 1941 and again between 1969 and 1973. It was also among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United Kingdom at different points until 2008.^[2]

People with the given name

Deanna Archuleta, American politician
Deanna Ballard (born 1978), American politician
Deanna Barch, American psychologist and professor
DeAnna Bennett (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
Deanna Berry (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
Deanna Bogart (born 1959), American blues singer, pianist, and saxophone player
Deanna Bowen (born 1969), Canadian-American visual artist
Deanna Brooks (born 1974), American glamour model and actress
DeAnna Burt (born 1969), U. S. Space Force general
Deanna M. Church, American economist
Deanna Coates (born 1954), British Paralympic swimmer
D. J. Conway (1939–2019), American novelist
Deanna Cooper (born 1993), English footballer
Deanna Cremin (1978–1995), American murder victim
Deanna D'Alessandro, Australian chemist
Deanna Demuzio (1943–2020), American politician
Deanna Doig (born 1972), Canadian curler
Deanna Doughty (born 1993), New Zealand cricketer
Deanna Dunagan (born 1940), American Actress
Deanna Durbin (1921–2013), Canadian actress and singer
Deanna Edwards (1970–2015), American BMX racer
Deanna Favre (born 1968), wife of American football quarterback Brett Favre
Deanna Frazier, American politician and audiologist
Deanna Milvia Frosini (1940–2021), Italian painter
Deanna Gumpf, American college softball coach
Deanna Hammond (1942–1997), Canadian-American translator and linguist
Deanna Haunsperger, American mathematician
DeAnna Hodges, American politician in Arkansas
Deanna Jackson (born 1979), American basketball player
Deanna Jo, Alameda Fire Department fire boat in the US
Deanna Jurius, American politician
Deanna Kirk, American jazz musician
Deanna Kuhn, American psychologist and academic
Deanna Lockett (born 1995), Australian short track speed skater
Deanna Lund (1937–2018), American film and television actress
Deanna Lynne (born 1970), American television producer
Deanna Manfredi, American psychologist
Deanna B. Marcum (1946–2022), American librarian and executive
Deanna Merryman (born 1972), American model
Deanna Michaux (born 1970) American columnist, author and radio host
Deanna Milligan, Canadian actress
Deanna Morse, American experimental filmmaker
Deanna M. Mulligan (1940–2021), American businesswoman
Deanna Mustard (born 1980), American voice actress
Deanna Needell, American mathematician
Deanna Nolan (born 1979), American basketball player
Deanna Oliver (born 1952) is an American actress and write
DeAnna Pappas, American television personality
Deanna C. C. Peluso (born 1979), American-Canadian musician, author and researcher
Deanna Petherbridge (1939–2024), South African artist, writer and curator
DeAnna Price (born 1993), American hammer thrower
Deanna Raybourn (born 1968), American author of historical fiction and historical mysteries
Deanna Reder (born 1963), Canadian professor of English
Deanna Ritchie, New Zealand field hockey player
Deanna Rix (born 1987), American female wrestler
DeAnna Robbins (born 1959), American actress
Deanna Russo (born 1979), American television actress
Deanna Sirlin (born 1958), American contemporary artist
Deanna Smith (born 1980), Australian basketball player
Deanna Stellato (born 1983), American figure skater
DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo, American painter
Deanna Summers (1940–2017), American songwriter
Deanna Syme Tewari (1939–2024), Indian track and field athlete
Deanna Templeton (born 1969), American artist and photographer
Deanna Brown Thomas, singer James Brown's daughter and owner of a radio station.
Deanna Van Buren, American architect
Deanna Wiener (born 1953), American politician
Deanna Wong (born 1998), Filipino volleyball player
Deanna Young (born 1964), Canadian poet
Deanna Yusoff, Malaysian actress

Fictional characters

Deanna Monroe, fictional character from the television series The Walking Dead
Deanna Troi, fictional character in the Star Trek universe

Music

"Deanna", a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

References

^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
^ Campbell, Mike. "Deanna". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

[2] Campbell, Mike. "Deanna". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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