Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Dianne is a form of Diane. Diane comes from French, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dianne 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
Dianne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 95,475
- 186 boys · 95,289 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 4,421 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,775 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,775 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,415 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 79,711 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dianne’s family of names
Dianne has a related form in Diane. In German usage, Dianne has a related form in Diana. In English usage, Dianne has a conventional equivalent in the German form Diana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dianne has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dianne
- Dianne WiestAmerican actressborn 1948
- Dianne FeinsteinAmerican politician (1933–2023)
- Dianne ReevesAmerican jazz singerborn 1956
- Dianne Holumspeed skaterborn 1951
- Dianne FromholtzAustralian tennis playerborn 1956
- Dianne FosterCanadian actress1928–2019
- Dianne de LeeuwDutch figure skater and coachborn 1955
- Dianne van GiersbergenDutch singerborn 1985
- Dianne DoanCanadian actress and dancerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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