noun

• An American surname of uncertain origin.
• (chiefly US) A unisex given name transferred from the surname, originally given in honor of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
• A female given name from Hebrew, masculine equivalent Daniel, from Romanian, Czech, Slovak and German.
• A unisex given name from Persian, borrowed from Persian دانا (dânâ), meaning “wise”.
• A female given name from Gulf Arabic دانة (dāna), meaning “pearl”.
• A town in Indiana; named for Charles Dana, a railroad official.
• A village in Illinois; named for Thomas Dana, a railroad official.
• A city in Iowa; named for Samuel Dana, an early settler.
• A town in central-west Nepal.
• A village in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
• A village in Amhara, Ethiopia.
• A village in central-west Jordan.
• The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms, in Indian philosophy.