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Deanna (F)>

Deanna (female)

Variants:Deanne (F)
Can be spelt:Deana (F) Diana (F)
Masculine form:Dean (M)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English, either a respelling of Diana or a feminine form of Dean [q.v.].

There are a few examples spelt Deana in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire which could be from either derivation or from Dina.