Name: Diane
Gender: Female
Usage: Diane, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Diane are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Burundi, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Diane across the world, see Diana.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Diane is: Celestial hunter.
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Numerology of the first name Diane: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Diane is ranked on the 180th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 3191000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.044% of the population. The name Diane has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Diane for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Diane is 9 June.
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History and Origin
- Notable people named Diane
Alternative spellings include Dianne, Dian, Diahann, Dyan and Dyane. See also Di and Diana
- Diane Abbott, a British politician
- Diane Cummins, a Canadian middle distance runner
- Diane de France, a 16th-century daughter of France's Henry II
- Diane Franklin, an American actress
- Dyan Cannon, an American actress
- Diahann Carroll, an American actress and singer
- Diane Gerace, a Canadian high jumper
- Diane Guthrie-Gresham, a Jamaican long jumper and heptathlete
- Diane Keaton, an American actress
- Diane Ladd, an American actress
- Diane Lane, an American actress
- Diane Modahl, an English athlete
- Diane Murphy, an American actress
- Diane Neal, an American actress
- Diane Nelson (comics), an American business executive
- Diane de Poitiers, a 16th-century French noblewoman
- Diane Ratnik, Canadian volleyball player
- Diane Sawyer, American TV presenter
- Diane Tell
- Diane Warren, an American songwriter
- Other
- Dian Fossey, an American zoologist
- Moshe Dayan, Israeli politician and military leader
- Fictional characters named Diane
- Diane Court, a fictional character in the 1989 Cameron Crowe film Say Anything..., played by Ione Skye
- Diane Chambers, a fictional character in the TV series Cheers
- Diane Darcy, a fictional race car driver in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
- Diane, an unseen character from the 2008 video game No More Heroes
- Diane, an unseen character in the television show Twin Peaks, to whom Dale Cooper addresses messages on a pocket tape recorder
- Diane Jenkins Newman, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
French form of Diana, now also used in the English-speaking world. It was especially popular among the Renaissance aristocracy, who loved hunting and were therefore proud to name their daughters after the classical goddess of the chase.
Variants: Dianne (by association with Anne); Dyan (U.S.).
Short form: Di.
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