as a First Name
(French) form of Diana, now also widely used in the English-speaking world. It was especially popular among the Renaissance aristocracy, who loved hunting and were therefore proud to name their daughters after the classical goddess of the chase.
| 71st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 691,128
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Hampshire
- has the most people named Diane per capita
- 1955
- marked the height of its popularity
99.96%
0.04%
58%
55+
55+
39%
30-54
30-54
2%
13-29
13-29
0.76%
0-12
0-12
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