Meaning of the nameDayana

Dayana is a spelling of the name Daiana, which means “form of Diana, 'divine'”.

Meaning

“form of Diana, 'divine'”

Meaning of the name Daiana, of which Dayana is a spelling.

People (2022): 16,131
Rank in Brazil: #1,227
Median age: 32 years
2010 Census: 11,762; people

Dayana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dayana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (7,170 people).

16,070 women 61 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Dayana is most common

States with the highest share of people named Dayana in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.017%
Roraima 0.016%
Paraíba 0.016%
Amazonas 0.015%
Espírito Santo 0.013%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio de Janeiro	2,719	0.017%
São Paulo	2,547	0.006%
Minas Gerais	2,161	0.011%
Pernambuco	1,149	0.013%
Ceará	684	0.008%
Paraná	635	0.006%
Paraíba	629	0.016%
Pará	588	0.007%
Amazonas	584	0.015%
Maranhão	547	0.008%
Santa Catarina	494	0.007%
Espírito Santo	494	0.013%
Goiás	442	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	343	0.010%
Alagoas	338	0.011%
Bahia	292	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	256	0.009%
Mato Grosso	209	0.006%
Distrito Federal	203	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	186	0.002%
Piauí	162	0.005%
Sergipe	118	0.005%
Roraima	104	0.016%
Tocantins	83	0.006%
Amapá	65	0.009%
Rondônia	50	0.003%
Acre	49	0.006%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Dayana

Writes the sound of the I with a Y. Behind the Name lists it as a Hispanic-American form of Diana, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes it among the spelling variants of Daiana.

About the name Daiana

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil gives Daiana as coming from English Diana, itself from Latin, and considers it very likely that the English pronunciation of Diana inspired the name in Brazil. Wiktionary records Portuguese Diana as a learned borrowing from Latin Diāna, the name of the Roman goddess, and treats Daiana and Daiane as forms of the same origin. Behind the Name translates Diana as 'divine' and lists Daiana as a Brazilian form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 64,133 people named Daiana, peaking among those born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Other spellings of Daiana

Spelling	People (2022)
Daiana	64,133
Dayana	16,131

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Daiana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Diana · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Diana · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Dayana

What does the name Dayana mean?

Dayana means “form of Diana, 'divine'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Daiana, of which Dayana is a spelling.

How many people are named Dayana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,131 people with the first name Dayana, which ranks it number 1,227 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Dayana a boy's or a girl's name?

Dayana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,070 women and 61 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dayana?

Dayana is a name of Latin and English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dayana most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.017% of the state's population is named Dayana (2,719 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Dayana?

Daiana. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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