Diana? Too old fashioned?

[DiaDino]

DD is due mid August. Me and DP love the name Diana but DP's parents think it sounds top old fashioned. Just want to scope it out a little and see how common that opinion is
Thanks

I love it.

My 14m DD is Diana

It's a family name, we've shortened it slightly (DH's choice, she's neither a Di nor an Ana)

It's a beautiful name - goddess of the hunt, fertility and the moon and Wonder Woman

It screams bad 80s to me. Shy Di, bouffant hair, horrifying clothes, Stock Aitken and Waterman.

I like Diana, I think it’s a beautiful name and love the Roman goddess association. Others on my shortlist included Anna, Nina and Camilla (my parents raised an eyebrow and said they didn’t know I was such a fan of the Royals! I just think they’re all lovely classic names.)

Not old-fashioned - that implies it was very popular at one point and then has fallen out of usage. It has neither been very popular at any point or fallen out of usage. A strong traditional name. A yes from me.

It's a lovely name, I haven't heard it being used in recent years.

It's a Carole or Linda name for me.

It is a beautiful name. I know very few people who use a short form of their name, I know multiple people with names that supposedly will always get shortened like Elizabeth, Rebecca, Catherine, David, Jonathan, Robert and they are all called by their full name. So ignore the 'Di' people, always call her Diana and soon enough she will insist on people calling her by her full name.

Even without the nickname it will start with the word Die. Not great.

I don't mind it at all, not my favourite but I don't hate it. In the end, it only really matters if you love it. As for DP's parents, they already had their chance to name a DC, they don't get to decide on names for yours. Most grandparents grow to love the name of a grandchild, even if they previously didn't like it, because they associate it with them.

As for nicknames, I know one Dianna (that spelling) and not only has she never shortened her name, but it has never occurred to me to do so either. I think it's one of those names where people don't automatically reach for a shortening or a nickname.

The only thing I will say is, in the accent where I grew up, Diana sometimes sounds like Dinah, or DY-uh-nuh, with the emphasis on the first syllable rather than the second. It's always worth taking into account what local accents would do to a name you love. (eg, where I'm originally from, Amelia is mostly pronounced Amil-ya, and I've seen several complaints in this board about people local to them pronouncing it that way!).

If you love it, use it.

People will automatically think of Princess Diane, but for your dd, she will be a historical figure, and she will own the name for herself.

Lovely. I like Dinah too.

I think it's a lovely name.

I love the name Diana.

OP first rule - never discuss names with anyone other than your husband/partner!

I love it as just watched Anne of Green Gables. Beautiful name and meaning. I would definitely use it.

Love it. I like Dinah even more.

I like Dinah too. It makes me think of Dinah Sheridan.

Diana has been around for over 2000 years. Lovely name.
Do please ignore people who try to mix modern spelling/meaning with the original. The 'di' sound in 'diana' has nothing to do with the modern English word die, and it just (I am honestly very very sorry to say this) seems rather uneducated to suggest that it does. That's a fault of the education system, not of individual posters, of course.

I'm also a bit askance as to posers who want to control nicknames. For thousands of years also, these have just happened, according to the appearance/characteristcs/associations of the person conerned. For example, my late mother had a name that began with the letter M but was universally known since childhood by a nickname beginning with 'P'. I'm sure there are many, many parallels. Nicknames are organic - they just evolve.

Also forgot to mention - we loved it not only because it was a family name but because it's a beautiful classic name that really isn't currently popular so DD won't be in a school year with 25 other Diana's.

@florascotia2, I really don’t think people are labouring under the delusion that the ‘Di’ in Diana suggests an etymology derived from anything to do with death, they are simply saying that the first syllable suggests death to them because of the sound. This has nothing to do with the education system or your somewhat overperformed sorrow about its failings as regards teaching Mumsnetters classical myths.

Sorry; didn't mean to be impolite. But one can take almost any syllable out of context and find an alternative meaning, for Diana or for any other name.
And someone who posted shortly before me did actually say "it will begin with the word Die" and that was what prompted my comment.

Not sure on Diana but I really love Dinah.

I like Dinah and Diana
I wanted to called DS2 Deidre after my Irish cousin - pronounced Dare-dr-eh but DH thought it was old fashioned and DS2 turned out to be a boy not a girl! Not pronounced like Deer-dree Barlow from Coronation St but DH said that was how people would pronounce it.

The name Diana does start with the sound “die” @florascotia2 I don’t think it matters what level of education you have to hear that “Diana” begins with a Die sound