Dina

Where Dina comes from

Equivalent of the biblical name Dinah in several European languages, ultimately from Hebrew דִּינָה.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dina
  • Hebrew
  • Italian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #692 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Peak, #199
    1,572 babies named Dina — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #349.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
  • A female given name from Italian.
Namesakes

No widely known Dina turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.