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View Name: Dinah


DINAH
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
OTHER SCRIPTS: דִּינָה (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: DIE-nə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "judged" in Hebrew. She is the daughter of Jacob and Leah in the Old Testament. It has been used as an English given name since after the Protestant Reformation.
Related Names
VARIANT: Dina (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Dina (Biblical Greek), Dina (Biblical Latin)
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