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What does Dina mean?

Dina Pronunciation of Dina as a name for girls is a Hebrew, Old English and Old German name, and the meaning of Dina is "decoration; valley; justified; spear ruler". Dina is a variant form of Adena (Hebrew). Dina is also a variant of Dena (Old English): variation of Deana and Dina. Dina is also used as a form of Dinah (Hebrew), and a form of Geraldine (Old German).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Di-, -na

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, spear (warrior), ruler (queen)

Variations

VARIANTS Dynah, Dyna, Denni, Denna, Denia, Denah, Deena, Deanna, Deana

RELATED FORMS VIA ADENA, DENA, DINAH, GERALDINE Adina, Adinah, Deane, Dene, Denica, Dinora, Dinorah

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Dina Bellarose (D.B.), ..

How popular is Dina?

Dina is a very popular first name for females (#583 out of 4276, Top 14%) and also a very popular last name for both adults and children (#25374 out of 150436, Top 17%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Dina reached its apex position of #282 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, and is at #1398 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dina name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dina outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular related forms of Dina (#1398 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) rated in the Top 2000 are Adina (#1648), Deana, Deane, Deanna (#1491), Deena, Dena, Denna, Dinah and Geraldine (#1719). Other variants, like Dynah, are seldom used. These relations of Dina reached the top of their popularity in the 1930s (ADOPTION OF 0.5%) and have become much less widespread since, with forms like Dena becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Dina, Adina, Deana, Deane, Deanna in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Deena, Dena, Denna, Dinah, Geraldine in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Dina and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Dina is alike in pronunciation to Daena, Dagna, Dahna, Dahnya, Daina, Dana, Danae, Danay, Danee, Danie, Danny, Dawna, Dayna, Deeana, Deenya, Denny, Deonna, Digna, Dinya, Diona, Donia, Donya, Duayna, Duna and Dwana. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aina, Bina, Dama, Dane, Dian, Diane, Diann, Dila, Dion, Dione, Dita, Diza, Drina, Fina, Gina, Jina, Kina, Lina, Mina, Nina, Rina, Sina, Tina, Vina, Wina and Zina. These names tend to be less commonly used than Dina.

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