Diana
Diana is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.
What Diana means
Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.
Diana sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Diana comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Diana is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Diana?
In the girl name rankings we track, Diana falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Diana
Two ideas meet in Diana: Moon, the long-established classics and royalty and rule. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Diana
These share Diana's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Augusta — Great and venerable.
- Victoria — Victory.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- Julius — Youthful; downy-bearded.
- Lawrence — Crowned with laurel.
- Octavian — The eighth-born.
- Charlotte — Free; petite and feminine.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Catherine — Pure.
- Elizabeth — Pledged to God; God is my oath.
- Sarah — Princess; noblewoman.
More Latin names
- Dexter — Skilful; right-handed.
- Domenica — Of the Lord; born on Sunday.
- Crispin — Curly-haired.
- Dominic — Belonging to the Lord.
- Cornelius — Horn; strong-willed.
- Emily — Industrious and striving.
- Coraline — Coral; the heart.
- Estelle — Star.
- Coral — From the sea; a pink-red gem.
- Fabian — Bean grower.