Entry № 157 · Hebrew origin

Adina Adina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-DEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Delicate, refined, gentle"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "delicate, refined, gentle".

Adina (עֲדִינָה) is a Hebrew name meaning "delicate," "refined," or "gentle." The masculine Adin appears in the Hebrew Bible (Ezra 2:15).

Adina is widely used in modern Israel and in observant Jewish families across the diaspora.

Delicate, refined, gentle — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

עֲדִינָה
Transliteration
ʿAdīnāh
Pronunciation
/ əˈdiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Adina stands.

Adina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Adinas before her.

Real people
Adina Howard
American singer.
born 1973
In fiction
Adina
Heroine of Donizetti's opera L'elisir d'amore.
1832 opera

Names connected to Adina.

The number behind Adina.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Adina reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.