All over the world, ডানা (ডানা 
) is a rare feminine forename. The first name ডানা is habitual in Southern Asia, particularly Bangladesh, where it is a very rare girly name. More frequently, ডানা is the last name as well as the forename.
ডানা is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dana Scully , the fictional character and protagonist of the television series The X-Files; Dana Barrett , the fictional character from the Ghostbusters franchise; Dana Tan , the character in Batman Beyond, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker; Dana Fairbanks , the fictional character from the television series The L Word and Dana , the character from According to Jim, among other works.