Diania
Feminine · “A lengthened form of Diana”
Diania is Diana with an extra syllable, a mid-century spelling that makes the name flow a little longer. Diana itself was carried up the charts by a fifteen-year-old's song about a girl who was older than he was.
How old is the name Diania?
Diania first appears in US birth records in 1941 — 84 years ago. The typical Diania alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 500 people named Diania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Diania most popular?
Diania peaked in 1947, reaching #1752 nationally. See the whole 1947 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Diana to Diania
The story of Diania
Paul Anka, a fifteen-year-old from Ottawa, wrote 'Diana' about a girl a few years older whom he admired, and his recording became one of the best-selling singles of its decade around the world. Diania is one of the ways American families lengthened the goddess's name. Nothing records why the extra syllable was added.
Meaning
A lengthened form of Diana, the Roman goddess
Diana was the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon; her name is usually linked to an old word for 'divine' or 'bright sky'. Diania adds an -ia; nothing records why.
How the name formed
- Diana
- Diania
Related forms: Diana · Diane · Kiana
Pronouncing Diania
dy-AN-ee-uh
Four syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Diania
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1941
- Most girls named
- 195734 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1752reached in 1947
- Change vs 1983
- 0.0%5 in 1984, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Diania in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Diana in Latin — related form
- Diane in French — related form
- Kiana in Hawaiian — related form
Dianias among us
people named Diania are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Diania sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Built on Diana, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Di as a ready short form.
- Rare in this spelling.
- Almost everyone will write Diana.
- Four syllables will sometimes be cut to three.
- It reads as a mid-century name.
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- How many Dianias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Diania are estimated to be alive in the US today.
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- Diania is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Diania will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More D names
The most-given names starting with D, all years combined.
Dorothy#421 · Donna#1962 · Deborah#862 · Debra#4460 · Diane#2607 · Doris#2895 · Denise#1673 · Danielle#549
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