Denna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Denna by the numbers
Denna was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 102 babies in 1969, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Denna
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Denna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Dannagod is my judge; a form of Daniel579 in the US (2017)
- Deannadivine; a form of Diana162 in the US (2017)
- Donnalady, woman123 in the US (2017)
- Denajudged; a form of Dinah or Dean42 in the US (2017)
- Deenavalley; a form of Dinah11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deanavalley; a form of deanna or diana20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Denna
Names that are said the same way as Denna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Deenahjudged; a form of Dinah3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Denna
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