Entry № 2556 · Hebrew origin

Dinah Dinah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DIE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Judged, vindicated"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "judged, vindicated".

Dinah (דִּינָה) comes from the Hebrew din, meaning "judgment" — giving "judged" or "vindicated." In Genesis, Dinah is the only named daughter of Jacob and Leah.

Dinah was popular in the 19th century, peaking at #97 in 1880. After a long quiet it is returning as part of the broader return of biblical names. Lewis Carroll's Alice has a cat named Dinah.

Judged, vindicated. Jacob's only named daughter.

The name in its native script.

דִּינָה
Transliteration
Dīnāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈdaɪ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dinah stands.

Dinah 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.

Dinahs before her.

Real people
Dinah Shore
American singer and TV personality.
1916 – 1994
Dinah Washington
American singer.
1924 – 1963
In fiction
Dinah
Daughter of Jacob in Genesis.
Hebrew Bible
Dinah
Alice's cat in Alice in Wonderland.
1865 novel

Names connected to Dinah.

The number behind Dinah.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dinah reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.