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I love the name Diana. I have a niece (well.. uh.. i'm her 'aunt' .. one of those type of family/friend situations) named Diana. She's a living terror, but I LOVE that name.

I think it's one of those classic names but hasn't become uber popular yet, like other classic names.

Yeah, I really do classify it as a 'classic' name. Even if the stigma with Princess Diana is still around, I'll always love the name Diana.

I don't think the stigma is still around.

adore it. Goddess of the Hunt, the moon, the forest, and childbirth... totally awesome!

I like it for those reasons as well.
I haven't mentioned it to my husband, he tends to have a violet immediate dislike to alot of girl names I ask him about.

yeah it is for sure one of my faves. it's so powerful to me.
ya never know, he might like it... i was shocked that my husband even liked the name that we ended up choosing for this baby!!

gorgeous and classic.

It's growing on me all the time.

Pretty.

cool.

I don't care for it, but I don't hate it. I'm pretty much neutral towards it. It probably doesn't help that the only Diana I've ever met, I hated, but it's just not a name that appeals to me, either.

thanks for your input.

Timeless.

I agree.

I love it.

cool.

I love it... =]

yaay :)

I love it. I think I like Diane better, but only because it is my best friend's name. :)

cool.

well, I love it, but I'm horribly biased in its favor. as it's my name...

You have a lovely name :)

Loved it ever since I was about 8 =).

cool :)

pretty and classic

ha ha I love your icon!

Having lived with it, I will say there are a few issues to consider:

How are you intending to pronounce it - Die-ana (typical) or Dee-ana (original latin)? Any name with 'die' in it will be mocked.

Do you have any interest in Roman mythology? It seemed every substitute I got seemed to want to go on a five+ min. talk about the Roman deity Diana (which was really awkward especially when they got it wrong). I try to avoid obvious mythos names for this reason.

Realize most people will want to 'shorten' it to Diane, which is annoying, as well as make it longer to Dianna.

How do you feel about the connection to the late Princess Diana?

I didn't/don't like it and changed me name, but I know a few happy Diana's so it's a mixed bag.

Assuming I use it one day:
I pronounce it DIE-ana.
I love it partly because of the Roman mythology association.
I don't know why people would want to shorten it to another name, but if they did and my hypothetical kid didn't like that she could just tell them.

I don't think the Lady Di connection is a big deal at all anymore and I certainly don't think it would be by the time my kid was old enough to know the difference. Nevertheless, I'd never use Di as a nick name, I'd use Dee.

My family called me "Dine"

I've lived with Diana (dye-ana) all my life and never had any "die" problems. I've been called Di, of course, but no one ever compared that to "die"

Lengthening to Dianna rarely happens, but Diane DOES happen all the time, and it's very annoying because people will call me Diane right after I say my name, and I'm like "Uh, did I say that? Were you lsitening?" No one bothers me about the princess thing, and if anything I use that to help, when I correct people, "No, no, DianA, like the Princess; Diane is not my name."

People call me Audrey right after I have told them my name is Aubrey. I'm like "hello, do you think I'm mispronouncing my own name??"

I loved it ever since I realy about Anne Shirley's daughter in the Rainbow Valley book. She went by Di.

It reminds me of Anne's best friend.