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What does Diana make you think of?

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Tigertots · 04/07/2012 11:19

My first association = Anne of Green Gables' best mate. Second, another lovely lady with long black hair: Diana Ross.

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ZombiesAreClammyDodgers · 08/07/2012 09:51

Lady Di.

TheEnthusiasticTroll · 08/07/2012 02:09

It does also make me sing that american nursey rhyme type song.

dinah in the kitchen....

so I think i like dinah better.

TheEnthusiasticTroll · 08/07/2012 02:07

my dd talked about a diana at nursery who was her friend, i assumed it was a lady, turned out it was another little 3 year old, I must say at first hearing I was a bit Hmm odd name for a baby, but this little girl was so adorable and mischevious and sweet all at the same time, and she did very much suit her name.

I like it.

PrettyCherryTrees · 08/07/2012 01:56

OP I'm with you - Diana Barry is my biggest association, though obviously Princess Diana too.

It is a lovely name.

twonker · 08/07/2012 01:42

It means dartboard or bullseye in Spanish. This would put me off big time, although I know a Diana known as diney who is beautiful and gentle and lovely.

kickingKcurlyC · 05/07/2012 07:36

I thought of The Princess of Wales, then the moon.

baskingseals · 05/07/2012 07:25

sorry roman
Artemis was greek Blush

baskingseals · 05/07/2012 07:24

yep it's greek goddess here too.
lovely name

CaringMum28 · 04/07/2012 23:33

Def greek goddess Grin

darkfever · 04/07/2012 22:43

Princess Diana.

Followed by the ancient goddess.

winkle2 · 04/07/2012 22:43

Princess Diana

Love the name though and people are right, our children won't have heard of princess Diana so use it!

I know a Diana who is 25 and goes by the name Didi (pronounced Dee Dee) which is lovely!

MacMac123 · 04/07/2012 22:41

Princess of Wales here too
Think it's a bit of a Carol/Barbara/Jane name. You could always start its resurgence again

applepieinthesky · 04/07/2012 22:41

Princess Diana

Purplecatti · 04/07/2012 21:10

My granny
I loved her and her name

450fromPaddington · 04/07/2012 20:07

I had a baby girl recently. I was down to two names. One was Diana after the Anne books which I read all of as a girl. Too many people assumed it was after the Princess. I went with Amelia Rose in the end. If I had another girl I'd call her Diana.

babaloulou · 04/07/2012 19:59

Me ;-)

Like my name as i have never met another one making it quite unusual.

PercyFilth · 04/07/2012 19:47

The name Diana did not catch on in a big way while Diana Spencer was prominent, and I've always thought that rather surprising. It's a lovely name, timeless, classless and elegant.

And to answer the question, I think of all the glamorous Dianas - Ross, Rigg, Dors, Vreeland, Krall, and the goddess of course. Certainly not just the late princess.

rockinhippy · 04/07/2012 13:11

Oh - & the only name link the DCs in School have ever made to Diana, has been when learning about Ancient Greece & they were all jealous she had such a cool name :)

Aworryingtrend · 04/07/2012 13:00

Princess of Wales

GetOrfMoiiLand · 04/07/2012 12:59

Princess of Wales and Diana Mosley.

So a dim bulb and a supporter of the nazis. Not really good connotations.

CointreauVersial · 04/07/2012 12:57

Sweet name, due a revival, I'd say.

But yes, Lady Di springs to mind.

But if you asked my kids, they wouldn't have heard of her.

rockinhippy · 04/07/2012 12:55

A lovely, polite, very kind, thoughtful, helpful & very pretty young girl - its the name of one of DDs close friends & she's one of 2 that has never been a problem to DD in anyway, always a pleasure to have her round - think I wanted to adopt her at one point Grin

lazyhazydaisy · 04/07/2012 12:52

By the time she is getting older, going to school, etc, I don't think that her contemporaries will think of the POW. Young people who were too young to remember her death don't seem to know much about her.
It is a lovely name and there was never a lot of people naming their children after her so she will probably be the only Diana in her class.

AThingInYourLife · 04/07/2012 12:46

Lady Di

MrsJohnDeere · 04/07/2012 12:44

Rigg

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