Given name & surname
Diane
Diane is used as a given name and a surname. Diane is connected with Diana.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In French use, Diane is used as a form of Diana.
The story
In mythological stories, Diane is associated with the goddess of the moon and the hunt.
Diane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 520,034
- 1,383 boys · 518,651 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 23,343 babies
- 2025
- 66
- #2,620 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 66 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,620 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23,290 in 1955. In 2025, California and Florida and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 422,752 as a first name in 2020; 675 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Diane’s family of names
Diane has a short form in Di. In English usage, Diane shares an earlier linguistic root with Diana. Diane has a related form in Deanna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Diane has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 46
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dianavariant · German, English
- Deonvariant
- Dayannavariant
- Deannavariant
- Diannavariant
- Deenavariant
- Diannevariant · English
- Deanavariant
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- Dianvariant
- Deonnavariant
- Dyanvariant
- Deandravariant
- Deonavariant
- Deanevariant
- Dyannavariant
- Dayannevariant
- Diannvariant · English
- Didiminutive · English
- Dyannevariant
- Deeannevariant
- Deeannavariant
- Deannevariant
- Deandavariant
- Deeandravariant
- Deandreavariant
- Deonnevariant
- Deondravariant
- Dyannvariant
- Dyanevariant
- Dyanavariant
- Didivariant
- Diannahvariant
- Deandriavariant
- Diandravariant
- Diahannvariant
- Deeanavariant
- DeeDeevariant
- Deevariant
- Dedevariant
- Deannvariant
- Dayannvariant
- Dannevariant
- Dyannahvariant
- Diahnavariant
- Diahannevariant
- Deeanevariant
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Diane
- Diane KeatonAmerican actress and film director (1946–2025)
- Diane KrugerGerman actress and model (born 1976)
- Diane LaneAmerican actressborn 1965
- Diane ArbusAmerican photographer (1923–1971)
- Diane de PoitiersFrench noblewoman and courtier (c.1499-1566)
- Diane von FürstenbergBelgian-born American fashion designer (born 1946)
- Diane BakerAmerican actressborn 1938
- Diane Ackermanauthor, poet, and naturalistborn 1948
- Diane WarrenAmerican songwriter (born 1956)
Characters named Diane: Diane Lockhart (the television series The Good Wife and The Good Fight).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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