Diana

Locally spelled Diāna in LV Latvia.

• English:/daɪˈænə/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Spanish:/ˈdjana/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Diana is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English44%

  Latin ‘divine’; Roman goddess of hunting and the moon.

  as a name·Irish first names

  The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish31%

  Latin from *Diviana, from PIE *deieu- 'bright, sky, divine'; name of the lunar goddess, perhaps 'heavenly' or 'daughter of Jupiter'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Diana, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Claudia
• Cynthia
• Cassandra
• Artemis
• Clara

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Diana is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Dia̅na, Diāna, Diána, Díana

• Hungarian given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Estonia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hungarian, Estonian, Finnish

  Also written Diāna, Dïàñä, Diána

• Indonesian given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Diana, Diána, Diāna, Dïana, Ďiăną

96 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Diana is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, Diana (Roman goddess)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, do nome da deusa Diana; sobrenome matronímico, também ligado a diana 'fada, feiticeira'

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Nome della dea romana Diana; nel medioevo italiano fu anche usato come nome cristiano, forse abbreviazione di Verdiana/Veridiana.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

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.

• Lillian Gishb. 1893USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1893–1993)
• Naokob. 2007RUnot in their usual nameRussian street musician (born 2007)
• Princess Lilibet of Sussexb. 2021USnot in their usual namedaughter of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex

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).

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.

156 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 77 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Diana come from?

Latin from *Diviana, from PIE *deieu- 'bright, sky, divine'; name of the lunar goddess, perhaps 'heavenly' or 'daughter of Jupiter'. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.

What are other forms of the name Diana?

In the etymology graph, Diane, Dianne and Daiana are forms of the same name in other languages.

What does the name Diana mean?

In English, Latin ‘divine’; Roman goddess of hunting and the moon.

Is Diana a male or female name?

Diana is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Peru (RENIEC, 2019), Ecuador (INEC, 2024) and Brazil (IBGE, 2022), among others.

How do you pronounce Diana?

It depends on the language: in English /daɪˈænə/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /ˈdjana/ (Wiktionary).

Which countries have the most people named Diana?

Mondonomo estimates about 453 thousand people named Diana in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled diana. After it come United States, Mexico, Romania and Peru; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Diana?

In the United States, the national register counted 369,707 people named Diana in 2020, about 1 in 900 residents.

How common is Diana compared with other names?

In Colombia, Diana is the 14th most common given name of 106,067 given names recorded there.