Dinu

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Din in IN India, US United States, MY Malaysia and 12 more, Tin in VN Vietnam, ID Indonesia, Tun in MM Myanmar (Burma) and ตน์ in TH Thailand.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 23 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◐

Dinu is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Romanian given name18K records spelled Dinu3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Moldova, India, United States

  Languages: Romanian, Italian

• a separate given name17K records spelled Dinu5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States, Romania

  Also written Dinū, Dīnū, Dīnu, Ḍinū

• Spanish given name7.5K records spelled Dinu6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, India, Romania, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Díñú, Díñü, Dîñú

• Indonesian given name1.4K records spelled Dinu3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Romania, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

• Russian surname836 records spelled Dinu8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Дину, Діну

44 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●

Dinu is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In lua, diangana or zekexa with menu, to grit or grind the teeth, di ne menu, to be sharp (as knife).

  as a word·Grammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language

• In goh, strong masculine/neuter instrumental singular of dīn

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

• In ktu, tooth

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

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 88 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dinu Negreanub. 1917RORomanian film and theatre director
• Dinu C. Giurescub. 1927RORomanian politician and historian (1927-2018)
• Dinu Coceab. 1929RORomanian actor, film director and screenwriter
• Dinu Tănaseb. 1946RORomanian film director
• Dinu Patriciub. 1950RORomanian billionaire businessman and politician (1950–2014)
• Dinu Manolacheb. 1955RORomanian actor (1955-1998)
• Dinu Pescariub. 1974RORomanian tennis player
• Dinu Todoranb. 1978RORomanian footballer
• Dinu Sânmărteanb. 1981RORomanian footballer
• Dinu Moldovanb. 1990RORomanian footballer

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 · 226 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dinu?

We estimate roughly 355 thousand people bear Dinu (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Dinu have the most bearers?

Dinu is most frequently recorded in Myanmar (Burma), where it is most often spelled tun.

How common is Dinu compared with other names?

In Myanmar (Burma), Dinu is the 6th most common given name of 9,034 given names recorded there.

Is Dinu a male or female name?

Dinu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.