Deanna

I have loved this name ever since I was a little boy. Deanna, "dee-ANN-nuh;" this is truly one of the sweetest, light, and airy names that I know. Personally, the name Deanna reminds me of strawberries (my favorite fruit), and fresh ones. I'd without a doubt call a daughter of mine Deanna, even though my mom has a cousin Diane!

I really like this pronounced dee-AN-a, but if you're gonna pronounce DEEH-na, just use Dina.

I really like the name. I think its really pretty.

My name is Deanna. It is a feminine name and rare. It is a variant of the name Diana, which means divine. Throughout my life, people have always said my name wrong or misspelled it. I don’t know why people say it’s an ugly name, because it isn’t. I actually have known three Deanna’s, and they were all nice.
Everyone having different names is what makes life interesting.

I love this name! Reminds me of Deanna Troi from Star Trek Next Generation. Love the name.

I like this name, I personally prefer it to Dianna, Deanna is a lovely name.

This name is really pretty, but I don't think I could use it, sadly. I prefer "Dee-AN-uh" much more to "Dee-nuh" which I would spell Deana or Deena.

I prefer Diana, but Deanna's nice too, I guess.

This is "Dee-AN-uh" NOT "Dee-nuh"...Deanna is a very pretty name, and I like it very much.

This name makes me think of a toaster. Probably because Deanna Oliver played Toaster in The Brave Little Toaster.

This is my mother’s name, so it proves it describes a woman who cares a lot and is super kind and pretty.

A boring name for a girl with no personality. It's just the female version of Dean.

A beautiful name. I like Deana with one n better though.

This is my name; I used to think it was plain, uninteresting. But as I've gotten a bit older it has grown on me. It's extremely rare where I live, no one else has it. And it has a simple elegance to it.
It's origins aren't anything special, but I don't believe the whole "bastardized feminine form of 'Dean'" at all (very rude by the way). I think it sounds much closer to "Diana"; only with a "De" instead of "Di". In fact, if you listen to the way Germans (and probably others) pronounce "Diana", it sounds a LOT like "Deanna".

My name is Deanna (DEE ANNA)and I struggled my whole life with people mispronouncing it (DE-NA, DIANA, DIANE) so I go by Dee now. I even thought about changing it legally because I don't even relate to Deanna anymore, and only notice people when they call me Dee. BUT my mom named me so she would be hurt if I did.

I like it. Reminds me of a sweet blue eyed, blonde hair southern belle. Just very pretty.

My mother's name is Deanna (pronounced dee-AN-ə), and I always loved the name (she is my mother, after all). People who would call the house would often mispronounce it DEEN-ə, and I always thought that was a horrible sounding pronunciation, although I suppose if you are using it as a feminized version of Dean, you would pronounce it that way. I always thought of it as a form of Diana, and I also thought it sounded like a very southern name. I think it is a very beautiful name.

My name is Deanna & I agree with all the others, people do say it incorrectly. Also I have never met anyone in my whole life who pronounces it the same.

I hate this name. It's either a horrible bastardization of the divine name Diana, or a blatantly obvious feminization of Dean.

At first glance, I thought that Deanna was a combination of the prefix De- and the suffix -anna. Not a good first impression. Now, however, I see the name as okay. It's nothing gorgeous, but it's not particularly ugly.

I find my name mediocre. The only other Deanna's I've met haven't been awful, but they've all definitely been boring. I've always seen it as 'anna' with a 'de' prefix, not a variant of Diana. The etymology of this name reads 'chief of ten' which is very absurd and senseless to me.

Also. I hate when it's written 'DeAnna', like an Italian or Spanish last name.

I've only recently thought about this name, because I knew a girl in elementary school from Bosnia. Her name was Dejana, and she pronounced it dee-AN-uh, like this name. (By the way, to those pronouncing this "DEE-nuh"--that's how you pronounce Dina. And possibly Deana. But Deanna, with two n's, is dee-AN-uh.)

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Anyway, I had always thought Dejana sounded pretty, and it has a great meaning ("to act"), but since I'm not Slavic, I wouldn't use that spelling for my daughter. I much prefer the way Deanna looks, but I don't think of it as a feminine form of Dean, but a variant of Dejana. (That may not be what it is etymologically, but it's how I think of it.)

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In my experience, Deanna is not a very common name. However, all of the Deanna's (with this spelling) I know are Italian. And as it is, the names I really like right now are Deanna and Theresa. Wow, I'm more Italian than I thought. Lol.

My name is Deanna and I love it. I actually got it because my dad's name was Dean and my mom's name is Anna. (: I'm actually pretty proud of my name. (:

My name is Deanna and I love it! No one else I know has that name! It's INCREDIBLY rare! And it's a royal name, just to tell you.

I love the name Deanna. It's really pretty and elegant.

This is a pretty name. Dee-na is both cute and sophisticated. But to a degree I have to admit it's another name that ends in "a". I think DeeAnn is a pretty name, too. But the fact that it's not an overly used name is a breath of fresh air.

While slight night shiver doesn't have to be so rude about it, I do agree with them on some level. Deanna is my name, and I've never really cared for it. I prefer to go by Anna instead.

Yawn. This seems like a lazily constructed name, and it's very common by now, so it's not original in any way. It's not particularly pretty, and it doesn't sound very classy or sophisticated either.

Such a gorgeous name!

Deanna is a pretty name, what turns me away from this name is someone I know with this name, I seriously think something is wrong with her.

I love this name! It is so beautiful and not overused.

Deanna is a beautiful name and I pronounce it DeAnna.