Dyan

Where Dyan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dyan.

Dyan through the years
  1. 1937
    Dyan Cannon born
    American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer
  2. 1939
    First appearance
    #4,250 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1970
    Peak, #979
    128 babies named Dyan, the most in any year.
  4. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,607.
  5. 2000
    Dyan Sheldon born
    American novelist
  6. 2014
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Dyan Cannon · American film and television actress, director, screenwriter, editor, and producer, born 1937
  • Dyan Sheldon · American novelist, born 2000
  • Dyan Birch · British singer, 1949–2020
  • Dyan Castillejo · Filipino tennis player, born 1965

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.