Dia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.
Dia by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Dia. In the US, 42 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 62 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Dia
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Duaprayer or supplication411 in England and Wales (2025)
- Diyalamp or light43 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dinajudged; a form of Dinah175 in the US (2017)
- Dimasubduer of the people; diminutive of Dmitri7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Divagoddess; a female opera singer7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deagoddess13 in England and Wales (2025)