Dinah is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “judged or vindicated.” In 2024 it was given to 38 girls in the United States.
Dinah at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Biblical & Christian
Meaning
“judged or vindicated”
Pronunciation
/ˈdaɪnə/
About the name Dinah
Dinah belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “judged or vindicated” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Dinah first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #488 in 1955, and in 2024 38 babies received the name — 10,475 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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