Given name
Diva
“divine”
Diva is a given name from Latin, meaning “divine.” It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Diva through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 638
- 0 boys · 638 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,501 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,501 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,026 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.
Diva’s family of names
Diva may belong to the same name family as DIVVA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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 Diva
- Diva ZappaAmerican artist and actressborn 1979
- Diva Diniz CorrêaBrazilian marine zoologist1918–1993
- Diva Grabovčevacharacter from oral tradition of Bosnia and Herzegovina Roman Catholics1660–1680
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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