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DIANA

Gender: Feminine Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology Other Scripts: Диана (Russian) Pronounced: die-AN-a (English), dee-AH-nah (German) [key]

Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS). Diana was a Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests, and childbirth, often identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. Diana Spencer, the Princess of Wales, was a famous bearer of this name.