Dinah

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Diana in DE Germany, NL Netherlands, PE Peru and 8 more, Diane in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 5 more, Dina in CZ Czechia, PL Poland, NO Norway and Дина in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dinah is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name52K records spelled Dinah6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, France, Philippines

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, French

  Also written Dįnah, Dináh

• a separate given name4.2K records spelled Dinah2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

  Also written Dináh

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dinah is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Her story serves as a complex narrative regarding the vulnerability of the Israelite family in Canaan, the consequences of sexual violence, and the moral ambiguity of vigilante justice.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• 2 Biblical name (a feminine form derived from Hebrew din ‘judgement’}, borne by a daughter of Jacob. She was raped by Shechem but avenged by her brothers Simeon and Levi (Genesis 34). In modern times it is generally taken as a variant of the much more common Diana.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A daughter of Jacob and Leah. (biblical character)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Judged or Vindicated

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• In French, Biblical Hebrew name, from dîn/dinah ‘judgment’

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 143 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dinah Shoreb. 1916USAmerican singer and actress (1916-1994)
• Dinah Sheridanb. 1920GBBritish actress (1920–2012)
• Claude Mosséb. 1924FRnot in their usual nameFrench historian of antiquity and hellenist (1924-2022)
• Cleo Laineb. 1927GBnot in their usual nameEnglish jazz singer and actress (1927–2025)
• Dinah Hinzb. 1934DEGerman actress and voice actress (1934–2020)
• Dinah Mayb. 1954GBBritish model
• Dinah Manoffb. 1958USAmerican actress and director
• Dinah Englundb. 1966actress
• Dinah Pfizenmaierb. 1992DEGerman tennis player
• Dinah Janeb. 1997USAmerican singer (born 1997)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 356 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dinah?

We estimate roughly 849 thousand people bear Dinah (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Dinah have the most bearers?

Dinah is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled diane.

Where is Dinah most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dinah is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 105 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Dinah compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Dinah is the 40th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Dinah a male or female name?

Dinah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dinah mean?

Recorded meaning: A Hebrew name meaning 'judged' or 'vindicated'; historically less common than other matriarchal names due to the tragic biblical narrative associated with it.