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deanna

n. (given name female from=Latin), a twentieth century variant of Diana, sometimes also seen as a feminine form of Dean.

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Deanna

Deanna or DeAnna is a female given name.

Usually pronounced Dee-ANN-na, de-AUH-na or DEE-na, it is a female first name of Latin and Old English origin. The Dee-ANN-na pronunciation is quite common while DEE-na is more unusual. In Latin origins, it means 'Divine', but in Old English, it means 'Girl From The Valley'.

Deanna may refer to In music:

  • Deanna (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song), a song from the album Tender Prey
  • Deanna Bogart, Washington, DC-area blues singer/pianist/saxophone player
  • Deanna Durbin, popular young singer and actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s

In sports:

  • Deanna Favre, wife of American football quarterback Brett Favre of the Minnesota Vikings
  • Deanna Nolan, American professional basketball player
  • Deanna Rix, American female wrestler

In other fields:

  • Deanna Dunagan, American Actress, best known for her role as Violet Weston in Tracy Letts' August: Osage County
  • Deanna Baker, American model & Playmate of the Month
  • Deanna Brooks, American model & Playmate of the Month
  • Deanna Marie Brasseur, retired Canadian military officer and one of the first two female CF-18 Hornet fighter pilots in the world
  • Deanna Cremin, American murder victim from Somerville, Massachusetts
  • Deanna (née Duggar) Jordyn, minor American reality TV star
  • Deanna Troi, fictional character in the Star Trek universe
  • DeAnna Pappas, American television personality
  • Deanna Monroe, a fictional character from the television series The Walking Dead
Deanna (song)

"Deanna" is a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was the second single from The Bad Seeds' 1988 album Tender Prey.

Usage examples of "deanna".

Suddenly Deanna knew why the colonists had chosen Selva for their home.

They looked uncomfortably like prisoners to Deanna Troi, especially with the barbed wire and walls surrounding them.

Oscaras reached for the heavy bolt that locked the door Deanna saw Captain Picard and Data ex-change glances, and Data nodded slightly.

Crusher was already pushing her way inside, and Deanna reluctantly followed.

The captain was planning something, thought Deanna, and that kept her from adding her opinion to the matter.

Picard, Will Riker, Data, Deanna Troi, Geordi La Forge, and Ensign Ro waited expectantly in the observation lounge as the door slid open and Worf entered with a young Klingon dressed in gray pants and tunic.

Turrok scampered across as if it were a boulevard, but Data held the log firmly as Deanna started slowly across.

Another female crept toward Deanna and tried to touch her breasts, but she brushed the hand aside as politely as she could.

Before Worf could draw his phaser two youths grabbed Deanna and held knives to her throat.

The android strode swiftly and unerringly, although Worf and Deanna occasionally stumbled in the deep refuse that coated the forest floor.

More than ever, Deanna sensed the necessity and lightness of their mission.

It was impossible to see their faces, but Deanna knew that the bound prisoner was Turrok, and she also knew the tall one with the knife was Balak.

The big Klingon raised the knife high over his head, as if he was about to summarily execute the boy, and Deanna gasped and held her breath.

Many hands reached forward to rip open the cage and pull the blood-smeared body out, and Deanna waited breathlessly for their pronouncement.

Was it only her imagination, wondered Deanna, or did he look squarely in their direction?