Dina

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Female Female Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of names ending in -dina, -dine [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

2a) Hebrew דִּינָה (dina) = 'judge, judging one' [1] [2]

2b) Hebrew דִּינָה (dina) = 'judged' [3] [4] [6]

2c) Hebrew דִּינָה (dina) = 'law suit, judgment' [3] [5] [6]

2d) Hebrew דִּינָה (dina) = 'judgment, justice' [7]

Related Names

     
Diinná ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Dina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Norwegian Swedish
Dinah ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Dine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Dineke ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Dinna ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Swedish
Dinne ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Dinnie ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish

Combinations

For combinations see DINA (name element)

Name Day

Norway Norway

30 December

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Dina
Accusative: Dinu
Dative: Dinu
Genitive: Dinu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1671 [7]

Bible

In the Old Testament, Dina is the daughter of Jakob and Lea

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[8] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1525 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[9] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1132 1928 0 0
Sweden Sweden[10] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png 817 1037 3 4
Finland Finland[11] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 306 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[10][8][9][11]:Name statistics for Dina(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[9]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Dina(f)


Sources: [10] [8] [9] [11]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  4. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  5. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  6. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  7. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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