Given name & surname
Divina
“one who is godlike”
Divina is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is godlike.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is godlike.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Divina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,442
- 0 boys · 1,442 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 42
- #3,593 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 42 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,593 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,727 as a first name in 2020; 317 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.
Divina’s family of names
Divina has a related form in Divya. Divina has a related form in Devina. Divina has a related form in Divinah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Divina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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