Diana
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Diana.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Diana (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Diana has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 65 |
| 1999 | 36 |
| 2000 | 54 |
| 2001 | 55 |
| 2002 | 53 |
| 2003 | 65 |
| 2004 | 49 |
| 2005 | 57 |
| 2006 | 33 |
| 2007 | 51 |
| 2008 | 53 |
| 2009 | 62 |
| 2010 | 42 |
| 2011 | 56 |
| 2012 | 54 |
| 2013 | 43 |
| 2014 | 52 |
| 2015 | 41 |
| 2016 | 40 |
| 2017 | 55 |
| 2018 | 51 |
| 2019 | 57 |
| 2020 | 59 |
| 2021 | 63 |
| 2022 | 65 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,218 |
| 2000 | 3,310 |
| 2001 | 3,393 |
| 2002 | 3,478 |
| 2003 | 3,596 |
| 2004 | 3,682 |
| 2005 | 3,759 |
| 2006 | 3,864 |
| 2007 | 3,984 |
| 2008 | 4,122 |
| 2009 | 4,275 |
| 2010 | 4,379 |
| 2011 | 4,500 |
| 2012 | 4,623 |
| 2013 | 4,733 |
| 2014 | 4,863 |
| 2015 | 4,996 |
| 2016 | 5,148 |
| 2017 | 5,275 |
| 2018 | 5,392 |
| 2019 | 5,533 |
| 2020 | 5,639 |
Diana in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Diana.Hi! My name is Diana.
- Diana har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Diana has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Diana kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Diana is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Dianas mamma är lärare.Diana's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Dianas mamma is Diana's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Diana
How do you pronounce Diana in Swedish?
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What does the name Diana mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Diana.
How popular is Diana in Sweden?
65 babies were named Diana in 2022. In 2020, 5,639 people in Sweden had Diana as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.