Dena is a given name derived from

Dinah In the Book of Genesis, Dinah (; ) was the seventh child and only daughter of Leah and Jacob, and one of the matriarchs of the Israelites. The episode of her violation by Shechem, son of a Canaanite or Hivite prince, and the subsequent vengean ...

and may refer to: *

Dena Atlantic Dena Atlantic is an actress best known for her role as Floria Mills in the television series Oz. Atlantic has also played in the Playwrights Horizons Studio Theater. Atlantic was a resident of Norwood Street in East Orange, New Jersey and complet ...

, American television actress * Dena DeRose (born 1966), American jazz pianist * Dena Dietrich (1928–2020), American actress * Dena Dubal, American neurodegenerative disease researcher *

Dena Epstein Dena Julia Polacheck Epstein (30 November 1916 – 14 November 2013) was an American music librarian, author, and musicologist. Early life Epstein was born in Milwaukee to William Polacheck and Hilda Satt. She studied music at the University ...

(1916–2013), American music librarian *

Dena Grayson Dena Minning Grayson (born Dena Minning, January 5, 1971) is an American medical doctor, researcher and politician. In 2016, she ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 9th c ...

(born 1971), American medical doctor *

Dena Head Dena Head (born August 16, 1970) is an American retired women's basketball player. She is best remembered as the first player drafted in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). High school years At Salem high school in Canton, Michi ...

(born 1970), former Women's National Basketball Association player *

Dena G. Hernandez Dena Michelle Godwin Hernandez is a neurogeneticist. She is head of the genomic technologies group in the laboratory of neurogenetics at the National Institute on Aging. Hernandez completed a Ph.D. at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology i ...

, neurogeneticist * Dena Higley (born 1958), American soap opera writer * Dena Kaplan (born 1989), South African-born Australian actress * Dena Kaye (born 1946), daughter of actor

Danny Kaye Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; yi, דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and ...

Dena Kennedy Dena-Marie Kennedy is a New Zealand actor, director and film production person. She is best known for her appearance as teacher, Miss Agnes O'Flaherty in the New Zealand television series ''Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby'', and has performed in n ...

(), New Zealand actress * Dena Landon (born 1978), children's fiction fantasy writer * Dena Schlosser (born 1969), American murderer *

Dena Tauriello Dena Tauriello is a New Jersey-based drummer, educator, and author. Early life Tauriello grew up in Montville, New Jersey and attended Montville Township High School, where she played softball and earned 11 varsity letters. After see ...

, drummer for the rock band Antigone Rising since 1998

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