Dyan
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Lobi: form of Diana, meaning bright
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/daɪˈæn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dyan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 79K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 109K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 295 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)
≈18,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Lobi: form of Diana, meaning bright
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dyan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 80K | — | Dyan | 7 |
| PH Philippines | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Dyan | 74 |
| US United States | 2,445 | 1 in 136K | 2.2K | Dyan | 295 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 109K | 4 | Dyan | 75 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 68K | — | Dyan | 20 |
| CA Canada | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Dyan | 85 |
| SG Singapore | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Dyan | 19 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Dyan | 26 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dyan is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
English: modern variant spelling of DIANE , especially popular in America.
as a word
In enm, alternative form of Diane
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dyan Cannonb. 1937USAmerican film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer (born 1937)
- Dyan Birchb. 1949GBBritish singer (1949–2020)
- Dyan Marieb. 1954CAartist (born 1954)
- Dyan Castillejob. 1965PHFilipino tennis player
- Brooke Candyb. 1989USnot in their usual nameEcuatorian-American rapper singer and model
- Dyan Sheldonb. 2000USAmerican novelist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.2K | #6,537 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 289 | #6,537 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1970 | 128 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 105 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1968 | 98 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1966 | 82 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 80 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 78 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 74 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 62 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1982 | 59 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 57 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Dyan?
- In the etymology graph, Diane, Diana and Dianne are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Dyan mean, and where does it come from?
- Lobi: form of Diana, meaning bright Recorded by African Names.
- Is Dyan a male or female name?
- Dyan is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Dyan?
- A machine transcription gives /daɪˈæn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Dyan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Dyan in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dyan.
- How common is the name Dyan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,445 people named Dyan in 2020, about 1 in 136 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Dyan?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dyanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dyan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.