Dinah

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Dinah

Say it: DY-nuh

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Meaning

Hebrew Dinah, from din 'judgment', usually read as 'judged' or 'vindicated'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

A Puritan and later 18th- and 19th-century English and American name, now uncommon.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1950s

In the United States

10,306 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1955, about 1 in 5,700 girls
49 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Hebrew Early Christian English American

The family of the name

Other spellings: Dina

German	Dina
Italian	Dina
Spanish	Dina
Russian	Dina
Hebrew	Dina

Famous bearers

Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah in Genesis

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MichalGirlUncertain. Often taken as a short form of Mikha'el 'who is like God?', but this is not certain.Biblical · peak 1976

TamarGirlHebrew Tamar, 'date palm'.Biblical · peak 1977

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AdahGirlHebrew Adah, usually read as 'adornment'.Biblical · peak 1883

DanielBoyHebrew Daniyyel, 'God is my judge'.Biblical · peak 1985

DonaldBoyFrom Gaelic Domhnall, from Old Celtic elements meaning 'world' + 'rule'.Early Medieval · peak 1934

Where this comes from

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
Puritan church and town records of England and New England
Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.