Dian: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “divine”
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- dy-AN · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (96% of all uses)
Usually a variant of Diane/Diana, from the Roman goddess name Diana. The name is associated with divinity and the classical goddess of the moon and the hunt.
How popular is Dian?
Babies named Dian in 202417
Peak year1946
Total US babies since 18805,566
Dian is rising: use over the last five years is 2.9× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Dian
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Dian questions
What does the name Dian mean?
Dian means "divine". It comes from Latin. Usually a variant of Diane/Diana, from the Roman goddess name Diana. The name is associated with divinity and the classical goddess of the moon and the hunt.
Is Dian a boy or girl name?
Dian is mainly a girl's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Dian?
17 US babies were named Dian in 2024. Its peak year was 1946.
How do you pronounce Dian?
Dian is usually pronounced dy-AN.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.