Given name & surname

Deiana

“fairy”

Deiana is a surname, possibly from Sardinian. It is used in Italian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Deiana possibly goes back to Sardinian jana, meaning “fairy.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Deiana possibly comes from Sardinian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Possibly from Sardinian jana (“fairy”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Deiana through the years

Babies since 1880
13
0 boys · 13 girls
Most popular year
1993
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01234198020002025Highest share 19720.0
Deiana in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1972–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Deiana’s family of names

Deiana may belong to the same name family as DEIANNA. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Deiana’s family in the name graph

DeianaDeianna

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Damiesha

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Danyea

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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