Diana (name) – Wikipedia
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Diana was the Roman goddess of the Hunt.
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| Gender | Female |
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| Word/name | mythological |
| Meaning | heavenly, divine |
| Related names | Diane, Dianna, Kiana |
Diana is a feminine given name of Latin and Semitic origins.
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Variants in other languages[edit]
Origin and diffusion[edit]
Diana recalls the Greek and Roman goddess Diana. Diana translates to Artemis form latin. The name can be traced back to the Proto-Indo-European root *dyeu or *dyeus and *div– meaning “to shine” or “sky”, dius, deus and diwio, “deity, god, godlike” and dium meaning Universe. The meanings are therefore “heavenly”, “holy”, “divine”, “demonic”, “celestial”, “cosmic”, “nebulous”, “chaotic”, “abyssal”, “void”, “luminous”, “shining”, and in a broader sense “which brings the day”, “which has light”, “which has divine power”, “which belongs to the void/abyss/chaos” and “which comes from the Universe/outer space”.
Diana was already in use as a given name in ancient Rome, but exclusively outside Christian circles, in which it was seen as a pagan name. In Italy, the variant “Daiana”, an adaptation based on the English pronunciation, is also common. The French variant “Diane” gained popularity during the 19th century.
- Diana, Princess of Wales, British humanitarian and member of the British royal family
- Diana, Brazilian singer
- Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval, Portuguese noblewoman
- Dianna Agron, American actress
- Diana Athill, British literary editor, novelist and memoirist
- Diana Beck, English neurosurgeon
- Diana Boulay, Canadian artist
- Diana Braithwaite, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Diana Bulimar, Romanian gymnast
- Diana Chalá, Ecuadorian judoka
- Diana Chelaru, Romanian gymnast
- Diana Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill
- Diana Damrau, German operatic soprano
- Diana Davis, Russian figure skater
- Diana Davies (athlete), British high jumper
- Diana Davies (actress), British actress
- Diana Dean, Canadian artist
- Diana DeGarmo, American singer and Broadway actress
- Diana degli Andalò, 13th-century Italian Dominican nun and convent superior beatified by the Roman Catholic Church
- Diana Dimova (born 1984), Bulgarian badminton player
- Diana Dors, English actress
- Diana Haddad, Lebanese pop singer
- Diana Hajiyeva, Azerbaijani singer-songwriter
- Diana Hayden, Miss World 1997 from India.
- Diana Hoddinott, British actress
- Diana Ibrahim, Lebanese actress and voice actress
- Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă, Romanian lawyer and politician
- Diana Jones, American singer-songwriter
- Diana Karazon, Jordanian singer
- Diana King, Jamaican singer
- Diana Kobzanova, Czech topmodel
- Diana Körner, German actress
- Diana Kovacheva, Bulgarian lawyer and politician
- Diana Krall, Canadian jazz pianist and singer
- Diana Kurien, Indian actress
- Diana Lie, alias of Iranian-Norwegian model Aylar Lie
- Diana MacManus, American backstroke swimmer
- Diana Matheson, Canadian football midfielder
- Diana Meier, American basketball player and actress
- Diana Mitford, English writer, fascist, one of the Mitford sisters
- Diana Msewa, Tanzanian footballer
- Diana Muldaur, American television and film actress
- Diana Nyad, American author, journalist, motivational speaker and long-distance swimmer
- Diana Pickler, American heptathlete
- Diana Pineda, Colombian diver
- Diane de Poitiers, French aristocrat
- Diana Redhouse, British artist
- Diana Rigg, English actress
- Diana Ross, American singer and actress
- Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford
- Diana Sands, American actress
- Diana Šatkauskaitė, Lithuanian handballer
- Diana Scarwid, American actress
- Diana Silva (footballer), Portuguese professional footballer
- Diana Silva (model), Venezuelan model, environmental leader, singer, actress, cabin crew and beauty pageant titleholder
- Diana Silvers, American actress and model
- Diana Sowle, American actress
- Diana Staehly, German actress
- Diana Starkova, French beauty queen, Miss Europe 2016
- Diana Stöcker, German politician
- Diana Taurasi, Russian-American basketball player
- Diana Torrieri, Italian actress
- Diana Vaisman, Belarusian-born Israeli sprinter
- Diana Vickers, English singer
- Diana Vishneva, Russian ballerina
- Diana Vreeland, American fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue
- Diana Williams, American journalist for Eyewitness News in New York City
- Diana Yukawa, Japanese-British violinist and composer
- Mike Diana, American underground cartoonist
Fictional people[edit]
- Diana, a character in the American TV miniseries V (1983 miniseries) and V The Final Battle
- Diana A, fictional mecha, Mazinger Z sidekick, after the demise of Aphrodite A
- Diana Allers, a fictional character in the role-playing video game Mass Effect 3
- Diana Burnwood, a character in Hitman
- Diana Cavendish, one of the main characters in the anime series Little Witch Academia
- Diana (Dyosa), a character in Dyosa
- Diana Wrayburn, a character from The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
- Diana (MÄR), a major antagonist in the manga and anime series MÄR
- Diana (Sailor Moon), a fictional cat character in the Japanese anime and manga series Sailor Moon
- Diana (V TV series), the main antagonist in the 1980s science fiction TV franchise V
- Diana Barry, a character in L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
- Diana Bishop, the central character of A Discovery of Witches
- Diana Lombard, one of the main characters in the French-Canadian animated series Martin Mystery
- Diana Prince, the secret identity of the DC Comics superhero Wonder Woman
- Diana, Scorn of the Moon, a playable champion character in the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends
- Diana the Acrobat, from the Dungeons & Dragons animated series
- Diana Davis, the main character in series 5 of the television series Sliders
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Bibliography[edit]
- Accademia della Crusca (1830). Dizionario della lingua italiana – Volume VII. Padua: Tipografia della Minerva.
- Albaigès i Olivart, Josep M. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas. Edicions Universitat Barcelona. ISBN 84-475-0264-3.
- Galgani, Fabio (2005). Onomastica Maremmana. Centro Studi Storici “A. Gabrielli”.
- Sheard, K. M. (2011). Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names. Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 0-7387-2368-1.
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