Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Dyana isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dyana 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
Dyana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,907
- 0 boys · 1,907 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 53 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,839 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dyana
- Dyana GayeFrench-Senegalese directorborn 1975
- Dyana CalubAustralian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world championborn 1975
- Dyana LiuAmerican actressborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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