Dian
given name · Latin script
Meaning: wax candle
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/dˈian/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 24th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 566(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 7.9K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 8.2K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 253 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 566 (inferred from the name graph)
≈470,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
wax candle
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dian 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #24 | ≈470,000 est. | ≈1 in 566 | — | Dian | 253 |
| CN China | — | ≈83,000 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Dian | 69 |
| US United States | — | 5,975 | 1 in 56K | 5.5K | Dian | 165 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Dian | 40 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 6.7K | — | Dian | 40 |
| SG Singapore | #563 | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 8.2K | — | Dian | 39 |
| GY Guyana | — | 147 | 1 in 5.1K | 147 | — | — |
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; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)
Dian is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, oil lamp
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, var. de Dean e redução de Diano
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In French, Variante de Diane, du latin Diana, déesse de la chasse et de la lune.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In Italian, Variante di Degani
as a nameDizionario dei cognomi italiani
Vela
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
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)
- Dian Fosseyb. 1932USAmerican zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)
- Dian Parkinsonb. 1944USAmerican model
- Dian Hansonb. 1951USAmerican author and editor
- Dian Slavensb. 1958USAmerican politician
- Dian Bacharb. 1970USAmerican actor
- Dian Katelievb. 1980BGBulgarian footballer
- Dian Sastrowardoyob. 1982IDIndonesian artist
- Dian Agus Prasetyob. 1985IDIndonesian footballer
- Dian Fitrianib. 1993IDIndonesian badminton player
- Dian Fitri Ramadhanib. 1998IDsinger and dancer
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 89 sources across 46 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.5K | #3,472 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 518 | #3,472 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 147 | #448 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 5 | — |
Reference works 8
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 does the name Dian mean, and where does it come from?
- wax candle Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Dian?
- A machine transcription gives /dˈian/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Dian a male or female name?
- Dian is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Dian have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 472 thousand people named Dian in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dian.
- How common is the name Dian?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,975 people named Dian in 2020, about 1 in 56 thousand residents.
- How common is Dian compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Dian is the 24th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dianThe 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, “Dian” — the 24th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.