Diane

Where Diane comes from

An anglicization of French Diane, from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Diana
— Wiktionary's entry for Diane
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1898
    First appearance
    #1,700 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Diane Keaton born
    American actress and film director
  3. 1955
    Peak, #14
    23,290 babies named Diane — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #40.
  5. 1976
    Diane Kruger born
    German actress and model
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, popular in the middle of the 20th century
Namesakes
  • Diane Keaton · American actress and film director, 1946–2025
  • Diane Kruger · German actress and model, born 1976
  • Diane Lane · American actress, born 1965
  • Diane Arbus · American photographer, 1923–1971
  • Diane Ladd · American actress, 1935–2025

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.