Saturday, October 11, 2025

NAME OF THE DAY: Diane

With the death of distinguished actress Diane Keaton (RIP), I decided to talk about the name: πŸ“›Diane

Diane is actually the French form of πŸ“›Diana. Diane is of Latin origin and means 'divine.' Nameberry delves into the name, "Diane has been overshadowed by the a-ending version of her name. Diane has a definite mid-century feel; it was a Top 20 name from 1946 to 1959." Diane surprisingly fell off being in the Top 1000 baby names in 2004.  Last year Diane was given as a girl's name to an average of only about 60 baby girls. This is really shocking the number is that low. 🀯

πŸ“North Dakota is the state where the most Dianes live according to My Name Stats. I went to school (in NYC) with a Diane and Diana to my foggy 🧠 memory... both were nice girls I do remember. πŸ“‘I just remembered in college I had an internship and one of my boss' name was Diane — she was really wonderful.

Variants of Diane include: πŸ“›Diann πŸ“›Dianne πŸ“›Dyan πŸ“›Diahann 

I like the different versions of Diane and how edgy they look but the spelling gets a bit confusing. πŸ€” The original is best. πŸ‘ŒπŸΎ Simply put πŸ“›Diane is a classic name. Even though it has πŸ“ˆfallen dramatically on the baby name charts in popularity, Diane still has potential to rise πŸ“‰ at a future point in time — and hopefully it will. 


FAMOUS πŸ“NOTEWORTHY πŸ“›DIANES:

πŸ“›Diane Lane πŸŽ₯ (actress)

πŸ“›Diane Kruger πŸŽ₯ (actress)

πŸ“›Diane Sawyer πŸ“Ί (broadcaster)  

πŸ“›Diane von Furstenberg 🧡 (fashion designer) 

πŸ“›Diane Ladd πŸŽ₯ (actress)


πŸ“ŒSTATS ON THE NAME πŸ“›Diane:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/D/DI/DIANE/index.html


πŸ“›IRN RATING OF πŸ“›Diane: πŸ‘ OR  πŸ’“ πŸ’“ πŸ’“ πŸ’“ πŸ’“ πŸ’“ πŸ’“/ 10 

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