Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising fast
DinIn Hebrew: דין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: דִּיןRomanization: din
Din (Hebrew: דין) is a boy's name of international origin. 3,631 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 170 boys and ranked #117. Its peak year was 1996, with 203 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,631
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 170
- rank #117
- Peak year
- 1996
- 203 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Din
In Hebrew letters the name is דין, read right to left. Din is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "din" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Dean
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Din by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Din
How do you write Din in Hebrew?
Din is written דין in Hebrew (with vowel points: דִּין). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "din".
How many people in Israel are named Din?
3,631 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דין: 215 women and 3,416 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Din a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 94.1% of the people named דין are men.
What does the name Din mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Dean"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.