Diva comes from an English word referring to a distinguished female singer or prima donna which comes from Latin dīva meaning “goddess; female deity”, the feminine form of dīvus (godlike, godly; belonging to a deity) which derives from PIE *deywós (god), a derivative of root *dyew- (bright; sky, heaven). Diva is also an Indian female name which comes from Old Marathi meaning “lamp, light” derived from Sanskrit dīpa (light; lamp).
Origin: Proto-Indo-European, Sanskrit
Variants:
- Dipa (Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil)
- Deepa (Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil)
- Deeva (English, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi, Hindi)
Male forms:
- Divo (Italian)
- Deep (Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi)
- Dip (Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi)
Diva- दिवा (Sanskrit)
