Given name & surname
Drina
“helper and defender of mankind”
Drina is a form of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Drina carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.” Drina is a form of Alexandra. In Greek use, Alexandra carries the interpretation “helper and defender of mankind.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Drina is used as a form of Alexandra.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Drina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 263
- 0 boys · 263 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 399 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.
Drina’s family of names
In English usage, Drina is a diminutive of Alexandrina. Drina is a form of Alexandra. Drina has a related form in Dreana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dreanavariant
- Dreenavariant
- Alexandrinafull form · English
- Dreinahvariant
- Dreinavariant
- Dreanahvariant
- Drynahvariant
- Drynavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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