Dianne

Where Dianne comes from

The dictionaries list Dianne as a given name — a female given name from Latin, variant of Diane — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #2,191 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Dianne Feinstein born
    American politician
  3. 1945
    Peak, #72
    3,611 babies named Dianne — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1948
    Dianne Wiest born
    American actress
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #202.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, variant of Diane.
Namesakes
  • Dianne Wiest · American actress, born 1948
  • Dianne Feinstein · American politician, 1933–2023
  • Dianne Reeves · American jazz singer, born 1956
  • Dianne Holum · speed skater, born 1951
  • Dianne Fromholtz · Australian tennis player, born 1956

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.