Given name & surname

Dianna

Dianna is a feminine given name from Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Dianna comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dianna is a variant of Diane. The history of Diane gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Diane is associated with the goddess of the moon and the hunt.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Dianna through the years

Babies since 1880
56,356
64 boys · 56,292 girls
Most popular year
1957
1,771 babies
2025
68
#2,566 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−13%
Easing
02505007501,000192019401960198020002025Highest share 194842
Dianna in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1916–2025, 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.

Where it’s given

Most at home inLouisiana, Texas, California
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Louisiana (5), Texas (7), California (5).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 68 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,566 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,771 in 1957. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 47,528 as a first name in 2020; 165 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.

Dianna’s family of names

Dianna has a related form in Diane. In German usage, Dianna has a related form in Diana. In English usage, Dianna has a conventional equivalent in the German form Diana.

Walk Dianna’s family in the name graph

DiannaDiannahDíannaDianaDianeDianneDiannDyannaDiānaDiána

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Dianna

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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