Diary
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Diary by the numbers
Diary was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Diary
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 Diary. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Diara5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dianadivine, of the goddess Diana1,358 in the US (2017)
- Darcyfrom Arcy; a place name351 in England and Wales (2025)
- Darbydeer settlement or farm with deer144 in the US (2017)
- Dianedivine; goddess of the hunt84 in the US (2017)
- Daryawealthy, possessor of riches12 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Diary
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