Diana is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “goddess.” In 2024 it was given to 1,293 girls in the United States.
Diana at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Spanish · English & American · Portuguese · Italian · Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“goddess”
Pronunciation
/daɪˈænə/
About the name Diana
Diana belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “goddess” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Diana first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #42 in 1946, and in 2024 1,293 babies received the name — 367,190 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.