Diane Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

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Meaning of the name

Genealogists group Diane with Deane. The name is usually explained as “Dweller in a valley, or servant of a dean”.

Diane writes “i” in place of the “e” found in Deane, a typical scribal difference. 329 Americans were listed as Diane in the 2010 census. It sits within the 100,000 most common last names in the country. French birth records list 258 children named Diane between 1891 and 2000.

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