girl's name
Dianna
dy-AN-uh
- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 56,884
Ireland
#607
1980 births
Dianna means the shining one, and the root is the same one behind Zeus and Jupiter — an Indo-European word for the bright daytime sky that also gives us the ordinary word day. Diana was the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon.
- Dianna is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 1957, when 1,771 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 48,757 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1916.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Dianna over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 28 |
| 1920s | 110 |
| 1930s | 717 |
| 1940s | 10,076 |
| 1950s | 14,986 |
| 1960s | 13,387 |
| 1970s | 6,233 |
| 1980s | 4,297 |
| 1990s | 2,818 |
| 2000s | 2,134 |
| 2010s | 1,092 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 478 |
What Dianna means
Dianna means divine, heavenly or shining. The Latin descends from a root naming the bright sky, so the sense is luminous before it is religious.
Where Dianna comes from
Dianna respells Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt, the moon and childbirth, from an Indo-European root dyeu — to shine, the bright sky. The same root gives deus and divine, the Greek Zeus, the Latin Jupiter as dyeu-pater or sky-father, and the everyday word day. Diana was identified with the Greek Artemis, and her temple at Ephesus was one of the seven wonders. The doubled n is a twentieth-century American spelling.
Dianna in use
Dianna peaked in the United States in 1957, when 1,771 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 2574th in the United States on 68 births and 6736th in France on 5, across 56,884 lifetime births in three of the seven markets we track. Our records carry it from 1916.
How popular is Dianna?
In 2025, Dianna was given to 68 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Dianna is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Dianna
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Dianna also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dianna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Dianna
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Dianna in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Dianna
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dianna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Dianna
What does the name Dianna mean?
The shining one — from an Indo-European root naming the bright sky.
Is it related to Zeus?
Yes. The same dyeu root gives Zeus, Jupiter, divine, deity and the word day.
Is it Dianna or Diana?
Diana is the original; the doubled n is a twentieth-century American spelling.
How popular is Dianna?
2574th in the United States, down from a 1957 peak of 1,771 births.
Is Dianna a girl's or a boy's name?
Dianna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Dianna?
Dianna has 3 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Dianna?
Dianna is usually shortened to Di.
Is Dianna a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Dianna currently ranks #2,391 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.