Dina
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Portuguese: lunchtime, noon
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/diːnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 691(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 1.1K
- HNHonduras≈1 in 1.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 311 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 691 (inferred from the name graph)
39,715 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
El Salvador, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
In part a variant spelling of Dinah, with which it often shares the same pronunciation. In part, however, it derives from the Italian name Dina, a short form of diminutives such as Bernardina.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
How Dina is read(measured from records)
Dina is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English31%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Dina in English.
- Spanish23%
Hebreo din, 'juicio'; quizá 'juzgada (inocente)'.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- Portuguese16%
lunchtime, noon
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Arabic8.7%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Dina in Arabic.
- Indonesian6.1%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Dina in Indonesian.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Dina, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 39,715 | 1 in 8.4K | 40K | Dina | 311 |
| PE Peru | #252 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Dina | 58 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Dina | 62 |
| BR Brazil | — | 13,911 | 1 in 15K | 17K | Dina | 109 |
| IT Italy | #961 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Dina | 90 |
| SV El Salvador | #230 | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 691 | — | Dina | 35 |
| HN Honduras | #137 | ≈7,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Dina | 27 |
| MD Moldova | — | 3,917 | 1 in 859 | 3.9K | — | 5 |
| LV Latvia | — | 1,856 | 1 in 1K | 1.9K | — | 14 |
39,715 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); e-services.md — living population register; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Dina is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In part a variant spelling of Dinah, with which it often shares the same pronunciation. In part, however, it derives from the Italian name Dina, a short form of diminutives such as Bernardina.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Jacob's daughter
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In Swedish, Dina kan vara en kortform till namn som → Bernhardina eller ett namn bildat till hebreiskans din ’dom; dömande’. Namnet finns även i arabiskan. I Gamla testamentet bärs namnet av en dotter till Jakob. Den engelska formen Dinah finns också i Sverige men är ovanligare.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In Italian, forma feminina de Dino
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dina Merrillb. 1923USAmerican actress (1923–2017)
- Dina Musatovab. 1925RUSoviet documentary film director
- Princess Dina bint Abdul-Hamid Hashemb. 1929JOQueen Consort of Jordan
- Dina Titusb. 1950USU.S. Representative from Nevada
- Dina Boluarteb. 1962PEPeruvian lawyer and politician, president of Peru from 2022 to 2025
- Dina Spybeyb. 1965USAmerican actress
- Dina Meyerb. 1968USAmerican actress
- Dina Shihabib. 1989SASaudi Arabian actress
- Dinä Ğäripeväb. 1991RURussian singer
- Dina Asher-Smithb. 1995GBBritish sprinter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 127 sources across 63 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 40K | #1,054 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 17K | #1,515 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 14K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 14K | #1,360 |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 3.9K | #192 |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 1.9K | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 1.9K | #280 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 172 | #1,054 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 168 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 99 | #1,360 |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Dina?
- In the etymology graph, Deanna, Aline and Bernadette are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Dina have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 40 thousand people named Dina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dina.
- How do you pronounce Dina?
- A machine transcription gives /diːnə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Dina a male or female name?
- Dina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Dina mean?
- In Portuguese, lunchtime, noon
- Where does the name Dina come from?
- In part a variant spelling of Dinah, with which it often shares the same pronunciation. In part, however, it derives from the Italian name Dina, a short form of diminutives such as Bernardina. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How common is the name Dina?
- In the United States, the national register counted 39,715 people named Dina in 2020, about 1 in 8.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Dina compared with other names?
- In Honduras, Dina is the 137th most common given name of 23,588 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dinaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dina” — the 137th most common given name in Honduras. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.