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Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

DinaIn Hebrew: דינה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: דִּינָה

Dina (Hebrew: דינה) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 11,191 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 72 girls and ranked #228. Its peak year was 1950, with 398 babies.

People in Israel
11,191
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
72
rank #228
Peak year
1950
398 babies
USA, 2025
168
rank #1,326

Writing and saying Dina

In Hebrew letters the name is דינה, read right to left. Dina is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Dina by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls 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).

Dina: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Dina in English-speaking countries

Dina in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025168#1,3261969 (1,572)
United Kingdom202528#1,2182018 (53)
England and Wales202528#1,1672018 (50)
Alberta20256#6981985 (7)
Quebec202523#2502014 (34)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Dina has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Dina

How do you write Dina in Hebrew?

Dina is written דינה in Hebrew (with vowel points: דִּינָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Dina?

11,191 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דינה: 11,191 women and 0 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 Dina a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named דינה are women.

Is Dina used outside Israel?

The name Dina appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 168 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,326), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 28 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

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.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.