Meaning of the nameDinah

Dinah is a spelling of the name Dina, which means “judged”.

Meaning

“judged”

Meaning of the name Dina, of which Dinah is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Dinah · Wiktionary: Dinah

People (2022): 1,791
Rank in Brazil: #5,527
Median age: 63 years
2010 Census: 2,042; people

Dinah in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dinah, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (342 people).

1,774 women 0 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 Dinah is most common

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

Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	559	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	274	0.002%
Minas Gerais	184	0.001%
Bahia	114	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	96	0.001%
Paraná	76	0.001%
Goiás	61	0.001%
Pernambuco	56	0.001%
Espírito Santo	42	0.001%
Santa Catarina	41	0.001%
Pará	38	0.001%
Amazonas	35	0.001%
Distrito Federal	33	0.001%
Ceará	26	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	22	0.001%
Maranhão	18	0.000%
Paraíba	17	0.000%
Alagoas	17	0.001%
Mato Grosso	16	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	16	0.001%

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

The spelling Dinah

The spelling with a final H, the English form of the biblical name; it is almost always female and concentrated among people born before the 1970s.

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.

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 Dinah

What does the name Dinah mean?

Dinah means “judged”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Dina, of which Dinah is a spelling.

How many people are named Dinah in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,791 people with the first name Dinah, which ranks it number 5,527 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Dinah is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,774 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Dinah?

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

In which Brazilian state is Dinah most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.002% of the state's population is named Dinah (274 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Dinah?

Dina. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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