Dina (first name)

Dina (also Dinah ) is a rare female given name in German-speaking countries .

Origin and meaning

Hebrew דִינַה “the judge” or “the righteous” or also one “who was given justice” from the Jewish דִין ( din = 'right, judgment').

In the Old Testament, Dina is the only named daughter of Jacob and Lea, who is wronged and whose brothers take revenge on the evildoers.

This name is also used in Africa, where it means: “a beautiful protective place” (origin: Mashona, Zimbabwe).

In Arabic (Morocco) the first name means: "Religion"

Dina Asher-Smith (* 1995), British sprinter
Dina Bösch (* 1960), German trade unionist and qualified pedagogue
Dina Carroll (* 1968), British R&B and pop singer
Dina Cocea (1912–2008), Romanian actress
Dina Cymbalist (1900 / 1907–1989), Russian-Jewish artist
Dina De Santis (born 1943), Italian actress
Dina Doronne , Israeli theater and film actress
Dina Dreyfus (1911–1999), French philosopher, ethnologist, anthropologist and family sociologist
Dina Emundts (* 1972), German philosopher
Dina Eduardowna Galiakbarowa (* 1991), Russian saber fencer
Dina Garipowa (* 1991), Russian singer
Dina Gralla (1905–1994), German actress
Dina Kagramanov (* 1986), Canadian chess player
Dina Kürten , German voice actress
Dina Maslowa (* 1984), Kyrgyz journalist
Dina Merrill (1923–2017), American actress and entrepreneur
Dina Meyer (* 1968), American actress
Dina Orschmann (* 1998), German soccer player
Dina Powell (* 1973), US bank manager and former government official
Dina Rae (* 1976), American R&B singer
Dina Spybey (born 1965), American actress
Dina Straat (* 1945), German singer
Dina Ugorskaja (1973–2019), Russian-born German pianist

The song Dinah (Lewis / Young / Akst) was a well-known jazz standard of the 1920s and 1930s, u. a. known from the versions of Ethel Waters , Fletcher Henderson , Fats Waller and the Mills Brothers .