Diana is the name of the Roman goddess of the moon and the hunt and is usually explained as "divine" or "heavenly", from an Indo-European root meaning to shine. Diana, Princess of Wales, made it one of the best-known names in the world in the 1980s and 1990s, and Wonder Woman's real name is Diana Prince. In the United States Diana stood at number 106 in 2000, peaked at number 90 in 2004 and ranks number 244 among girls' names in 2025.