Given name
Dinah
“(female) judge”·“judgment”
Dinah is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in English, Cebuano, and Lun Bawang.
Original Hebrewדִּינָה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Dinah means “(female) judge” or “judgment.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Dinah is a feminine form of Levi.
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Dinah appears in Genesis 30:21, Genesis 35:22.
- Genesis 30:21
- Genesis 35:22
From biblical name research
Dinah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,509
- 0 boys · 10,509 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 346 babies
- 2025
- 34
- #4,198 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 34 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,198 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 346 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,508 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dinah’s family of names
In French usage, Dinah has a diminutive in DIDINE. Dinah is a feminine form of Levi. Dinah has an alternative spelling in Dina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dinah has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Dinah comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Danielshares a root
- Dianasee also
- Jadonshares a root
- Danshares a root
- Abidanshares a root
- Midianshares a root
- Madonshares a root
- Middinshares a root
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People named Dinah
- Dinah ShoreAmerican singer and actress (1916-1994)
- Dinah CraikBritish novelist and poet (1826–1887)
- Dinah JaneAmerican singer (born 1997)
- Dinah ManoffAmerican actress and directorborn 1956
- Dinah PfizenmaierGerman tennis playerborn 1992
- Dinah SheridanBritish actress (1920–2012)
- Dinah EckerleGerman handball playerborn 1995
- Dinah GraceGerman actress (1917-1963)1916–1963
- Dinah MusindarwezoRwandan feminist and pan-African women's rights activist
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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