Deanna
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.
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.People with the given name
- Deanna Archuleta, American politician
- Deanna Ballard, American politician
- Deanna Barch, American psychologist and professor
- DeAnna Bennett, American mixed martial artist
- Deanna Berry, Australian rules footballer
- Deanna Bogart, American blues singer, pianist, and saxophone player
- Deanna Bowen, Canadian-American visual artist
- Deanna Brooks, American glamour model and actress
- DeAnna Burt, U. S. Space Force general
- Deanna M. Church, American economist
- Deanna Coates, British Paralympic swimmer
- D. J. Conway, American novelist
- Deanna Cooper, English footballer
- Deanna Cremin, American murder victim
- Deanna D'Alessandro, Australian chemist
- Deanna Demuzio, American politician
- Deanna Doig, Canadian curler
- Deanna Doughty, New Zealand cricketer
- Deanna Dunagan, American Actress
- Deanna Durbin , Canadian actress and singer
- Deanna Edwards, American BMX racer
- Deanna Favre, wife of American football quarterback Brett Favre
- Deanna Frazier, American politician and audiologist
- Deanna Milvia Frosini, Italian painter
- Deanna Gumpf, American college softball coach
- Deanna Hammond, Canadian-American translator and linguist
- Deanna Haunsperger, American mathematician
- DeAnna Hodges, American politician in Arkansas
- Deanna Jackson, 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, Australian short track speed skater
- Deanna Lund, American film and television actress
- Deanna Lynne, American television producer
- Deanna Manfredi, American psychologist
- Deanna B. Marcum, American librarian and executive
- Deanna Merryman, American model
- Deanna Michaux American columnist, author and radio host
- Deanna Milligan, Canadian actress
- Deanna Morse, American experimental filmmaker
- Deanna M. Mulligan, American businesswoman
- Deanna Mustard, American voice actress
- Deanna Needell, American mathematician
- Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
- Deanna Oliver is an American actress and write
- DeAnna Pappas, American television personality
- Deanna C. C. Peluso, American-Canadian musician, author and researcher
- Deanna Petherbridge, South African artist, writer and curator
- DeAnna Price, American hammer thrower
- Deanna Raybourn, American author of historical fiction and historical mysteries
- Deanna Reder, Canadian professor of English
- Deanna Ritchie, New Zealand field hockey player
- Deanna Rix, American female wrestler
- DeAnna Robbins, American actress
- Deanna Russo, American television actress
- Deanna Self, American politician
- Deanna Sirlin, American contemporary artist
- Deanna Smith, Australian basketball player
- Deanna Stellato, American figure skater
- DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo, American painter
- Deanna Summers, American songwriter
- Deanna Syme Tewari, Indian track and field athlete
- Deanna Templeton, 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, American politician
- Deanna Wong, Filipino volleyball player
- Deanna Young, 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