Dyani
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 33 babies a year in the US.
Dyani by the numbers
Dyani was given to 33 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 73 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Dyani
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 Dyani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Danigod is my judge; diminutive of Daniel262 in the US (2017)
- Dhaniwealthy, rich12 in the US (2017)
- Dhyanimeditative; contemplative7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dylanison of the sea; a form of Dylan7 in the US (2017)
- Dyamieagle in Tsalagi or related languages5 in the US (2017)
- Dyanbright or from Dion5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Dyani
Names that are said the same way as Dyani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Dyani
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