Meaning of the nameDiana

Diana is a feminine name of Latin origin, the name of the Roman goddess, meaning 'divine'.

Meaning

“'divine, goddess-like', from Latin Diana”

Source: Behind the Name: Diana · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Diana

People (2022): 77,329
Rank in Brazil: #400
Median age: 33 years
2010 Census: 74,947; people

Diana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Diana, 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 (23,098 people).

76,962 women 367 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 Diana is most common

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

Roraima 0.086%
Amazonas 0.067%
Amapá 0.061%
Maranhão 0.059%
Pará 0.056%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	13,579	0.031%
Bahia	7,056	0.050%
Rio de Janeiro	6,769	0.042%
Minas Gerais	5,520	0.027%
Ceará	4,559	0.052%
Pará	4,515	0.056%
Maranhão	3,984	0.059%
Pernambuco	3,370	0.037%
Rio Grande do Sul	3,286	0.030%
Santa Catarina	3,069	0.040%
Paraná	2,774	0.024%
Amazonas	2,626	0.067%
Goiás	2,062	0.029%
Espírito Santo	1,809	0.047%
Piauí	1,633	0.050%
Paraíba	1,621	0.041%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,343	0.041%
Distrito Federal	1,303	0.046%
Mato Grosso	1,249	0.034%
Sergipe	917	0.042%
Mato Grosso do Sul	913	0.033%
Alagoas	720	0.023%
Tocantins	689	0.046%
Rondônia	643	0.041%
Roraima	547	0.086%
Amapá	447	0.061%
Acre	326	0.039%

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

About the name Diana

Diana comes from the Latin Diāna, the name of the Roman goddess of the moon, hunting and forests, identified with the Greek Artemis. Behind the Name translates the name as 'divine, goddess-like', from the Latin dia or diva, 'goddess', and Soledade's dictionary also explains it as 'divine'. Wiktionary gives it as a learned borrowing from Latin and as a doublet of Daiane and Daiana. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 77,329 people named Diana, with the largest group born in the 1980s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Roraima.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Diana

What does the name Diana mean?

Diana means “'divine, goddess-like', from Latin Diana”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Diana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 77,329 people with the first name Diana, which ranks it number 400 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Diana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 76,962 women and 367 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Diana?

Diana is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Diana most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.086% of the state's population is named Diana (547 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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