Diana (first name)

Diana (Variations: Diyana , Diane , Deana , Deanna , Dian , Dana , Dejana , Dijana , Dianne , Dajana or Dayana ) is a female given name .

"Diana" - Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière , 1882

origin

In mythology, Diana is the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon . Literally translated Diana means "She who shines like light" .

Name day of Diana

June 10th

Name bearers

Diahnne:

Diahnne Abbott (* 1945), American actress and jazz singer

Dian:

Dian Fossey (1932–1985), American explorer of mountain gorillas

Diana:

Diana, Princess of Wales ( Diana Spencer ; 1961–1997), British noblewoman, first wife of Prince Charles, British Crown Princess
Diana Amft (* 1975), German actress
Diana Andalò († 1236), Italian nun
Diana Bartovičová (* 1993), Slovak national football player
Diana Deutsch (* 1938), American psychologist
Diana Dors (1931–1984), British actress
Diana Fehr (* 1974), Liechtenstein ski racer
Diana Gabaldon (* 1952), American writer
Diana Vladimirovna Gustilina (* 1974), Russian basketball player
Diana Hartog (* 1942), Canadian writer and poet
Diana King (* 1970), Jamaican singer
Diana Körner (* 1944), German actress
Diana Krall (* 1964), Canadian jazz pianist and singer
Diana Mitford (1910–2003), British writer
Diana Muldaur (born 1938), American actress
Diana of Poitiers (1499–1566), French mistress
Diana Quick (born 1946), British actress
Diana Rabe von Pappenheim (1788–1844), lover of King Jérôme Bonaparte von Westphalen
Diana Rigg (born 1938), British actress
Diana Ross (born 1944), American singer
Diana Staehly (* 1977), German actress
Diana Vico (active 1707–1732), Italian opera singer (alto), Handel interpreter

Diane:

Diane Abbott (* 1953), British politician
Diane Arbus (1923–1971), American photographer
Diane Keaton (born 1946), American actress
Diane Kruger (* 1976), German actress
Diane Ladd (* 1932), American actress, film director and book author
Diane Lane (born 1965), American actress
Diane Rouxel (* 1993), French actress
Diane Towler (born 1946), British figure skater
Diane Weigmann (* 1974), German musician
Diane Willems (* 1985), German-Belgian actress
Diane Williams (* 1960), American athlete
Diane Warren (* 1956), American composer

Dianne:

Dianne Balestrat (* 1956), Australian tennis player
Dianne DeNecochea (* 1967), American beach volleyball and volleyball player
Dianne Edwards (* 1942), British paleobotanist
Dianne Feinstein (* 1933), US Senator
Dianne Ferreira-James (* 1970), football referee from Guyana
Dianne Holum (* 1951), American speed skater
Dianne de Leeuw (* 1955), Dutch figure skater
Dianne Pilkington (* 1975), British musical actress
Dianne Reeves (* 1956), American jazz singer
Dianne Wiest (* 1948), American actress

Dijana:

Dijana Janošić (* 1959), Croatian soccer player.
Dijana Ravnikar (* 1978), Slovenian biathlete
Dijana Topiak (* 1970), Croatian soccer player

Dajana:

Dajana Cahill (* 1989), Australian actress
Dajana Dengscherz (* 1996), Austrian ski racer
Dajana Eitberger (* 1991), German luge athlete

Popular culture

Diane , song by Ernö Rapée and Lew Pollack
Original title of the American film Diane from 1956
Number one hit Diana by Paul Anka (1957), or its German interpretation, u. a. by Conny Froboess and Peter Kraus
Number one hit Dirty Diana by Michael Jackson (from the album Bad , 1987)
The single Diana by Phillip Boa (from the album Philistines , 1985)
The single Diane from Therapy? (from the album Infernal Love , 1995)
The single Diana by the British-Irish boy group One Direction
The song Diana von Münchener Freiheit (from the album: "Schenk 'mir eine Nacht", 1984)
The song Diana by Hüsker Dü (from the EP: "Metal Circus", 1983)
The superhero Wonder Woman is called Diana
The Diane computer system in the novel Limit