Girl · Latin
Dianna
Say it: dy-AN-uh
Meaning
A spelling of Diana, the Roman goddess, whose name is probably from a root meaning 'divine, of the sky'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An American spelling mostly of the 1940s to 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 55,959 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 1948, about 1 in 1,000 girls
- 82 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Diana, Deanna
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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