Diana
Meaning of Diana
Diana bursts onto the scene like a silver arrow under the moon. Her roots reach back to Latin, springing from “divinus,” which means “divine,” and she was the Roman goddess of the moon, the forests, and fearless adventure. That heavenly pedigree still shines today: people hear Diana and picture grace (think Princess Diana), courage (hello, Wonder Woman’s alter-ego), and a touch of wild freedom in the great outdoors. It’s a name that feels both classic and bold—easy to say, easy to love, and impossible to forget. Give it to a little girl and you’ve handed her a pocketful of stardust and a license to explore.
Pronunciation
Spanish
- Pronunced as dee-AH-nah (/di.ˈa.na/)
Italian
- Pronunced as dee-AH-nah (/di.ˈaː.na/)
British English
- Pronunced as dye-AN-uh (/daɪ.ˈæn.ə/)
American English
- Pronunced as dye-AN-uh (/daɪ.ˈan.ə/)
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Notable People Named Diana
| Diana Ross is an American singer and actress, famed as the Queen of Motown and lead singer of the Supremes, Motown’s top 1960s act and the best charting female group with 12 US number one hits. |
| Diana Taurasi is an American former basketball star who led UConn to three straight NCAA titles, spent 20 WNBA seasons with the Phoenix Mercury, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. |
| Dame Diana Rigg was an English actress known for Emma Peel in The Avengers, the wife of James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, and Medea on stage. |
| Diana Nyad is an American long-distance swimmer, author, journalist, and motivational speaker best known for her 1975 record-setting swim around Manhattan. |
| British food writer Diana Kennedy became the leading English language authority on Mexican cuisine through nine books based on five decades of travel and learning across Mexico that reshaped how Americans view it. |
| Diana Gabaldon is an American author and television writer best known for the genre blending Outlander series, adapted by Starz in 2014. |
| Diana Wynne Jones was a British writer of imaginative fantasy for children and young adults, blending science fiction and realism and known for Chrestomanci, Dalemark, the Moving Castle novels, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. |
| American author Susan Kyle, born Susan Eloise Spaeth, is best known as Diana Palmer, writing romance since 1979 and also publishing as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, Susan Kyle, and Susan S. Kyle for science fiction. |
| Diana Krall is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer with contralto vocals who has sold over 15 million albums and was named by Billboard as the second greatest jazz artist of the 2000s. |
| Diana Budisavljević - Austrian humanitarian Diana Budisavljevic led a World War II rescue effort in occupied Yugoslavia that saved about 10,000 children from Ustase camps, earning wide posthumous recognition. |
| Diana Athill was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with leading 20th century writers at the London publisher Andre Deutsch. |
| Dame Diana Ruth Johnson is a British Labour politician who has represented Kingston upon Hull North since 2005 and has served as Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions since 2025. |
| Diana Butler Bass is an American historian of Christianity and advocate for progressive Christianity, author of eleven books. |
| Diana Blackmon Henriques is an American financial journalist and author based in New York City who was on The New York Times staff from 1989 to 2011 and served as a contributing writer thereafter. |
| Diana West is a leading lactation consultant and breastfeeding author. |
