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Diane

Girl Latin #2825 in 2023

Diane is a girl name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Diane

An anglicization of Diane, from Diāna.

Popularity of Diane

Popularity, 1898–2023

60 births in 2023

1898 2023

518,507 U.S. births recorded from 1898–2023. Used for both boys and girls — see notes below.

Peak year

1955

23,344 babies

First recorded

1898

125 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

God is my judge

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

Boy · Scottish Gaelic

Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Dòmhnall and reinforced by Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Domnall, from Dubnowalos

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

About this page

Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.