Entry № 2590 · Romanian origin

Doina Doina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DOY-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Romanian
Meaning
"Romanian folk song"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Romanian)

A name that means "romanian folk song".

Doina is the name of a traditional Romanian musical genre — a lyrical folk song of longing. The word is recognized by UNESCO as part of intangible cultural heritage.

Doina is widely used in Romania as a feminine name.

The Romanian folk song. Three syllables of longing.

The name in its native script.

Doina
Transliteration
Doina
Pronunciation
/ ˈdɔɪ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Doina stands.

Doina 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.

Doinas before her.

Real people
Doina Cornea
Romanian dissident activist.
1929 – 2018
In fiction
Doina
Common in Romanian poetry.

Names connected to Doina.

The number behind Doina.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Doina reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.