Given name & surname
Adina
“one who is slender and delicate”
Adina is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is slender and delicate.”
Original Hebrewעדינה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is slender and delicate.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In English usage, Adina developed from עדינה.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Adina appears in 1 Chronicles 11:42, 2 Samuel 23:24-39.
- 1 Chronicles 11:42
- 2 Samuel 23:24-39
From biblical name research
Adina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,364
- 0 boys · 7,364 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 179 babies
- 2025
- 179
- #1,250 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 179 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,250 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (43). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,597 as a first name in 2020; 141 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adina’s family of names
In English usage, Adina developed from the Hebrew form עדינה. In German usage, Adina has a related form in Ada. Adina has a related form in Adin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Adavariant · German
- Adinvariant
- Adinahvariant
- Adenavariant
- Adenevariant
- Adinevariant
- Adynahvariant
- Adynavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Adina
- Adina PorterAmerican actressborn 1971
- Adina PintilieRomanian film directorborn 1980
- Adina-Ioana VăleanRomanian politicianborn 1968
- Adina HowardAmerican singer and songwriter (born 1973)
- Adina MandlováCzech actress (1910–1991)
- Adina DiaconuRomanian table tennis playerborn 1999
- Adina Bar-ShalomIsraeli educator and social activist; Israel Prize laureateborn 1945
- Adina BastidasVenezuelan politicianborn 1943
- Adina binti OthmanBruneian bureaucrat
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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