Diana

Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Roman Mythology
Scripts Диана(Russian, Bulgarian)Діана(Ukrainian)

Meaning

Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning “heavenly, divine”, related to dyeus (see Zeus). Diana was a Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests, and childbirth, often identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.As a given name, Diana has been regularly used since the Renaissance. It became more common in the English-speaking world following Sir Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy (1817), which featured a character named Diana Vernon. It also appeared in George Meredith’s novel Diana of the Crossways (1885). A notable bearer was Diana Spencer (1961-1997), the Princess of Wales.
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