This is my niece's name and is pronounced the same as Dana {DAY-nə}. Her mom choose to spell it this way as it looked more feminine and softer then Dana. Personally, I've always loved her name spelled this way. However, I know that she gets a lot of people trying to call her Diana {die-AN-ə}. But, she's used it for almost two decades, and I haven't ever heard her complain about it either!