Diane
A Latin name meaning "divine". In Poland it stays a rarity: only around 130 women carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Diane Pronunciation
Diane is pronounced DYAH-ne (/ˈdjanɛ/).
What Diane means
Where Diane comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Diane comes from Latin, the French form of Diana, the Roman goddess of the moon and the hunt. Behind Diana sits an old Latin root tied to the bright sky and to daylight, which is why the name is read as divine, boska in Polish. The goddess was the shining one.
In France the name belonged to Diane de Poitiers, born in 1499, who held the favour of King Henry II for years at court. English speakers adopted it too, and Diane grew common through the middle of the twentieth century. The form stayed plain, with no diminutives or variants trailing behind it.
The meaning is divine.
On a Polish class register the name would stand out, printed once between the Dianas and the Dominikas. It keeps its French shape on the page, and it still points back to Diana, and to that first sense of divine.
How many people are named Diane
1 in 169503 women in Poland is named Diane. 133 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2874 among female names.
Diane's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Diane as a middle name
Diane is a first name for 133 women in Poland and a middle name for another 91, a 59/41 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 700th, between Chelsea (91) and Ina (91).
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#698 Betina91
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#699 Chelsea91
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#700 Diane91
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#701 Ina91
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#702 Lydia91