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Dawana
How to Pronounce Dawana
Pronounced duh-WAH-nuh /dəˈwɑːnə/Medium
Meaning: Dawana is a twentieth-century American coinage with no ancient root. It most plausibly joins the popular Da- prefix of its era to Wanda (a Slavic name tied to the Wends), or stretches the word Dawn into a fuller three-beat shape. Either way the meaning is carried by its parent element rather than a dictionary source.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Dawana is a coined name rather than an inherited one, most likely a Da- prefix fused to Wanda, or a lengthened form of Dawn. It sits with a cluster of similar Da- inventions from the middle of the last century, when parents freely combined a fashionable opening syllable with a known name.
It stayed rare throughout. A couple dozen girls a year received it around the nineteen-seventies before it slipped from the records, so it reads today as a warm, dated coinage of that decade.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Dawana mean?
It's a coined American name, usually read as the Da- prefix plus Wanda, or as an elaboration of Dawn.
How do you pronounce Dawana?
It's said duh-WAH-nuh /dəˈwɑːnə/, three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Dawana a boy or girl name?
Dawana is used as a girl's name.
Is Dawana a popular name?
No, it has always been rare, a mid-twentieth-century coinage that saw only slight use.