Diana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Diāna in LV Latvia.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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 given name306K records spelled Diana5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Diāna, Diána, Díana, Dia̅na

• Hungarian given name183K records spelled Diana8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Finland, United States, Estonia

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Diāna, Dïàñä, Diána

• Indonesian given name145K records spelled Diana15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Diana, Diána, Diāna, Dìänä, Díana

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.

Other recorded senses●

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

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, 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)

• 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lillian Gishb. 1893USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1893–1993)
• Diana Wynne Jonesb. 1934GBEnglish children's fantasy writer (1934–2011)
• Diana Riggb. 1938GBEnglish actress (1938–2020)
• Diana, Princess of Walesb. 1961GBmember of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
• Stephanie Wilsonb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican engineer and NASA astronaut
• Diana Damraub. 1971DEGerman soprano opera singer
• Sienna Millerb. 1981USnot in their usual nameBritish-American actress
• Naokob. 2007RUnot in their usual nameRussian street musician (born 2007)
• Princess Charlotte of Walesb. 2015GBnot in their usual namedaughter of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales
• 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,925 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Diana?

We estimate roughly 701 thousand people bear Diana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Diana have the most bearers?

Diana is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled diana.

How common is Diana compared with other names?

In Mexico, Diana is the 95th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Diana a male or female name?

Diana 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.

What does the name Diana mean?

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