Meaning of the nameDina

Dina is a female name of Hebrew origin, a form in several languages of the biblical name Dinah (in Portuguese, Diná), which means 'judged'.

Meaning

“judged”

Source: Behind the Name: Dinah · Wiktionary: Dinah

People (2022): 13,911
Rank in Brazil: #1,360
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 17,449; people

Dina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (2,811 people).

13,812 women 99 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Dina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Dina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Tocantins 0.012%
Goiás 0.011%
Amazonas 0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.010%
Pará 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,407	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	1,288	0.008%
Minas Gerais	1,251	0.006%
Bahia	893	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	882	0.008%
Goiás	748	0.011%
Pará	725	0.009%
Paraná	697	0.006%
Maranhão	525	0.008%
Amazonas	412	0.011%
Ceará	355	0.004%
Santa Catarina	342	0.005%
Pernambuco	317	0.004%
Espírito Santo	282	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	266	0.010%
Mato Grosso	252	0.007%
Distrito Federal	209	0.007%
Tocantins	187	0.012%
Piauí	183	0.006%
Rondônia	137	0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte	115	0.004%
Roraima	85	0.013%
Amapá	81	0.011%
Sergipe	80	0.004%
Paraíba	78	0.002%
Alagoas	57	0.002%
Acre	57	0.007%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Dina

Wiktionary treats Dina as the equivalent, in several European languages, of the biblical name Dinah, from the Hebrew דִּינָה, and glosses the Hebrew as 'judged, avenged'. Behind the Name explains Dinah as 'judged', from the Hebrew root din, 'to judge', and records Diná as the Portuguese form; in the Old Testament, Diná is the daughter of Jacob and Leah. In Italian, Dina is also a short form of names such as Claudina and Blandina. Because IBGE does not record accents, the count for Dina combines Dina and Diná. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,911 people named Dina, with a median age of 57.

This is the most common spelling in the group; proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.

Other spellings of Dina

Spelling	People (2022)
Dina	13,911
Dinah	1,791

Sources

Behind the Name: Dinah · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Dina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Dinah · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Dina

What does the name Dina mean?

Dina means “judged”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Dina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,911 people with the first name Dina, which ranks it number 1,360 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Dina a boy's or a girl's name?

Dina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 13,812 women and 99 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dina?

Dina is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dina most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.012% of the state's population is named Dina (187 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Dina?

Dinah. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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