Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dawna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: daw-na
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from English.

Example Sentences

"The girls from our year were mainly named some version of Shawn. There was Shawna, Dawna, Shawnee, Dawnali, Shalana, and just plain Dawn and Shawn."

Etymology

From Dawn + -a in the 20th century.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Dawn

Questions

What does dawna mean?: A female given name from English.
Where does dawna come from?: From Dawn + -a in the 20th century.

How to pronounce dawna

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