Dianna

Where Dianna comes from

The dictionaries list Dianna as a given name — a female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Diana — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,919 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1948
    Peak, #172
    1,626 babies named Dianna — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1958
    Dianna Ortiz born
    American nun and missionary
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #312.
  5. 1989
    Dianna Cowern born
    American science educator
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Diana.
Namesakes
  • Dianna Cowern · American science educator, born 1989
  • Dianna Ortiz · American nun and missionary, 1958–2021
  • Dianna Russini · American sports journalist, born 1983
  • Dianna Melrose · British diplomat, born 1952

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.