Girl · Latin
Diane
Say it: DYAHN
Meaning
From the Roman goddess Diana, probably from an old root meaning 'divine, heavenly'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Made fashionable at the 16th-century court and widely used in 20th-century France.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1950s
In the United States
- 519,626 babies given this name since 1898
- At its height in 1955, about 1 in 84 girls
- 75 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Diana |
|---|---|
| Italian | Diana |
Famous bearers
- Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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