Dana-Lee as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Dana-Lee

What is the meaning of the name Dana-Lee ?

The baby name Dana-Lee is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced DAY-nə-LEE (IPA: /ˈdeɪnəli/).

Dana-Lee is Celtic, English, Hebrew, Irish, Persian, Slavic in Origin.

Dana-Lee blends the versatile given name Dana with the English surname Lee. Dana has multiple etymological streams: in English it began as a surname meaning “Dane” or “from Denmark”; in Hebrew contexts it’s linked to Dan/Daniel, from a root meaning “to judge”; Gaelic dàna conveys “bold” or “daring”; and in Persian, dānā means “wise, knowledgeable.” Lee comes from Old English lēah, “clearing, meadow,” long used as a given name in the English-speaking world.

Hyphenated first names surged in the mid-20th century, and Dana-Lee fits this modern, approachable pattern. The combination is rare but familiar in North America and other Anglophone countries, used for all genders. Variants and near-variants include Dana Lee (unhyphenated), Danalee, Dana-Leigh, Dana-Lea, Dayna-Lee, Danna-Lee, and Danah-Lee. Its layered sense pairs Dana’s possible readings - “wise,” “bold,” or “Danish/Dane,” or “judge” - with Lee’s “meadow/clearing,” yielding a contemporary compound with rich, cross-cultural resonance.

⚙ Dana-Lee is an uncommon pick. There are only 7 recorded uses of it in our data, from 2 countries.