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Diana
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Usage
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Faroese
Finnish
Greenlandic
Origin and Meaning
Roman name of uncertain etymology, maybe a short form of Diviana which is related to deus = 'God' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Related Names
| Dian | ♀ |   |
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| Diana | ♀ |   |
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| Díana | ♀ |  |
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| Diane | ♀ |  |
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| Dianna | ♀ | |
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| Díanna | ♀ |  |
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| Dianne | ♀ | |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Diana |
| Genitive: | Dianas |
| - Faroese |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Diana |
| Accusative: | Dianu |
| Dative: | Dianu |
| Genitive: | Dianu |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Diana |
| Genitive: | Dianan |
| Partitive: | Dianaa |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Diana |
| Genitive: | Dianas |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Diana |
| Genitive: | Dianas |
Name Days
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30 December |
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16 October |
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29 January |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Sweden: 1791 [5] [7]
- Denmark: 19th century [8]
- Iceland: Officially rejected as a given name on 13 February 2008 [10]
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Roman Mythology
- Diana is the name of the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon, equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis [4] [6] [5] [8] [11]
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[12] |
 |
5148 | 8292 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark[13] |
|
3998 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Norway[14] |
|
1321 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Finland[15] |
|
n.a. | 2063 | 0 | 0 |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [16]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables