Diani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Diani by the numbers

Diani was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Diani

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 Diani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Dianadivine, of the goddess Diana1,358 in the US (2017)
  • Danigod is my judge; diminutive of Daniel262 in the US (2017)
  • Dianedivine; goddess of the hunt84 in the US (2017)
  • Dhaniwealthy, rich12 in the US (2017)
  • Dianna form of Diana or Diane, divine or heavenly
  • Dyani33 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Diani

Names that are said the same way as Diani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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