Dianna

Where Dianna comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dianna.

  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Dianna through the years
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,919 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1948
    Peak, #172
    1,626 babies named Dianna, its best rank.
  3. 1958
    Dianna Ortiz born
    American nun and missionary
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #312.
  5. 1989
    Dianna Cowern born
    American science educator
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Diana.
Namesakes
  • Dianna Cowern · American science educator, born 1989
  • Dianna Ortiz · American nun and missionary, 1958–2021
  • Dianna Russini · American sports journalist, born 1983
  • Dianna Melrose · British diplomat, born 1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.