Given name

Dynah

Dynah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Dynah is a variant of Dinah. An origin associated with Dinah is Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Dynah is a variant of Dinah. The history of Dinah gives this family its wider story. Dinah appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Dynah through the years

Babies since 1880
51
0 boys · 51 girls
Most popular year
2001
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Dynah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1997–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Dynah’s family of names

Dynah has a related form in Dinah.

Walk Dynah’s family in the name graph

DynahDinahDynnah

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Dynah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew · Modern

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“vision of Yah”

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>99% girls

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47UncommonSteady

>99% girls

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Zilah

“the shadowed one”

19Very rareRising

>99% girls

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Dilana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Daijana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Deshauna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Ijana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Deirra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Dynah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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