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Dina Name Meaning, Origins & History

Dina

Pronunciation: DEE-nuh

Meaning Judged; vindicated Origin Hebrew, Italian Gender Girl
GIRLS RANK
#1,327
TREND
7
Peak Years
1969, 1970, 1967
Lowest Years
1897, 1894, 1885
Energy Archetype
Practical & Determined

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of girls named Dina in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Dina

  • More than 32 thousand babies named Dina: U.S. records list 32,097 babies given the name Dina from 1880 through 2025. Even 76 boys received the name Dina - about 1 boy for every 421 girls.

What Does the Name Dina Mean?

Dina is most often a form of the biblical name Dinah, which comes from Hebrew. Its root is the Hebrew verb and noun din (דִּין), meaning "to judge" or "judgment." The name is therefore usually explained as "judged" or "vindicated." In the Book of Genesis, Dinah is the daughter of Jacob and Leah, and the name's sense of judgment is often tied to the events of her story in Genesis 34.

Dina also arose on its own in parts of Europe as a short form of longer names ending in -dina, such as Bernardina and Aldina. Used this way it has no separate meaning; it is simply a familiar shortening. Greek uses Dina (Ντίνα) in the same way, as a short form of names like Konstantina and Athina.

The Arabic name Dina (دينا) is a distinct name. Its derivation is disputed: one explanation connects it to the Arabic word دين (dīn), "religion" or "judgment," while another gives the meaning "love." Neither is firmly established, so no settled translation can be given for this separate origin.

Dina Name History & Origins

The name goes back to the Hebrew Dinah (דִּינָה), the daughter of Jacob and Leah named in Genesis 30:21. She is the central figure of the episode in Genesis 34, in which her brothers Simeon and Levi take revenge for her. Because the Hebrew root din means "to judge," the name is commonly read as "judged" or "vindicated," a sense commentators have often linked to that chapter.

The spelling Dina is ancient. The Greek Septuagint renders the name as Δινα, and the Latin Vulgate as Dina. Through those texts the Dina form passed into the languages of Europe, which is why most European Bibles and most European languages use Dina, while English keeps the Hebrew final -h in Dinah.

In Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, Dina became a given name in its own right. In Italy and Iberia it was also used as a pet form of longer names ending in -dina, such as Bernardina and Aldina, which strengthened its standing as an independent name rather than only a biblical one.

Dina is separately a common given name in Arabic-speaking countries, written دينا. It is used independently of the Hebrew name, and the two are not related in origin even though they look and sound alike in Latin script. In Greek, Dina (Ντίνα) is likewise a familiar short form of names such as Konstantina and Athina.

How Popular is the Name Dina?

Dina recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1969. Its best rank was #199 in 1969.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Dina Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You are strong in material matters, determined and stubborn. You have good business ability. You are a good worker, steady and practical, a builder who takes responsibility well. These qualities may bring you a position of authority and power. You are a doer, down-to-earth, serious-minded, reliable, and self-disciplined; have good power of concentration. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.

You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.

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