Dinah

Where Dinah comes from

From Hebrew דִּינָה (dīna, "judged, vindicated"); see דין.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dinah
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Dinah through the years
  1. 1826
    Dinah Craik born
    British novelist and poet
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1916
    Dinah Shore born
    American singer and actress
  4. 1955
    Peak, #488
    346 babies named Dinah, the most in any year.
  5. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #786.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Alternative form of Dina.
Namesakes
  • Dinah Shore · American singer and actress, 1916–1994
  • Dinah Craik · British novelist and poet, 1826–1887
  • Dinah Jane · American singer, born 1997
  • Dinah Manoff · American actress and director, born 1958
  • Dinah Pfizenmaier · German tennis player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.