Diana (given name)
| Diana | |
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Diana was the Roman goddess of the Hunt. | |
| Gender | female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | mythological |
| Meaning | heavenly, divine |
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| Related names | Diane, Dianna |
Diana or Diane is a feminine given name probably derived from an Indo-European root word referring to the divine. It is the name of the Roman goddess Diana, the goddess of the hunt, forests, and childbirth.[1] The French form of the name is Diane. In Persian Diana means "supplier (messenger) of beneficence & wellness".[2] Diana has consistently ranked among the top 200 names used for girls born in the United States since the 1930s. It was the 107th most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2007. It was the 96th most common name for girls and women in the United States in the 1990 census. Diana ranks among the 100 most popular names for baby girls born in Hungary, Spain, and Ukraine, where it was among the top 10 most popular names for baby girls born in 2008.[3][4]
It may refer to:
People with the given name Diana
- Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997)
- Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval, Portuguese noblewoman
- Diana (singer), Brazilian singer
- Diana Starkova, actress, beauty queen and an auto racing driver
- Dianna Agron, actress
- Diana Athill, British literary editor, novelist and memoirist
- Diana Bulimar, Romanian gymnast
- Diana Chalá, Ecuadorian judoka
- Diana Chelaru, Romanian gymnast
- Diana Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill
- Diana Damrau, Operatic Soprano
- Diana Davies (athlete), British high jumper
- Diana Davies (actress), British actress
- Diana DeGarmo, American singer and Broadway actress
- Diana Dors (1931–1984), English actress
- Diana Haddad, Lebanese pop singer
- Diana Hoddinott (born 1945), British actress
- Diana Ibrahim, Lebanese actress and voice actress
- Diana Jones (singer-songwriter), American singer-songwriter
- Diana Karazon, Arab singer
- Diana King, Jamaican singer
- Diana Kovacheva, Bulgarian lawyer and politician
- Diana Krall, Canadian jazz pianist and singer
- Diana Kurien, Indian actress
- Diana Lie, alias of Iranian-Norwegian model Aylar Lie
- Diana MacManus, American backstroke swimmer
- Diana Matheson, Canadian football (soccer) midfielder
- Diana Mitford, English writer, fascist, one of the Mitford sisters
- Diana Muldaur, American television and film actress
- Diana Pickler, American heptathlete
- Diana Pineda, Colombian diver
- Diane de Poitiers, French aristocrat
- Diana Rigg, English actress
- Diana Ross, American singer and actress
- Diana Šatkauskaitė, Lithuanian handballer
- Diana Sowle, American actress
- Diana Torrieri, Italian actress
- Diana Vickers, English singer
- Diana Vreeland, American fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and edior-in-chief of Vogue (magazine)
- Diana Williams, American journalist for Eyewitness News in New York City
- Diana Yukawa, English/Japanese violinist
Fictional people with the given name Diana
- Diana (Dyosa), a character in Dyosa
- Diana (MÄR), a major antagonist in the manga and anime series MÄR
- Diana (Sailor Moon), a fictional character in the Japanese anime Sailor Moon
- Diana (V TV series), the main antagonist in the 1980s science fiction TV franchise V
- Diana A, fictional mecha, Mazinger Z sidekick, after the demise of Aphrodite A
- Diana Barry, a character in L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
- Diana Lombard, one of the main characters in the French-Canadian animated series Martin Mystery
- Diana Prince, the secret identity of the DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman
- Diana, Scorn of the Moon, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends
- Diana the Acrobat, from the Dungeons & Dragons animated series
See also
- Diana (disambiguation)
- Diane (disambiguation)
- Jana (given name)
- Anna (given name)
- All pages beginning with "Diana"