Dina

[Carly944]

Pronounced Deena

What do you think of it?

I was just thinking about a little girl that I used to babysit in Spain. She was called Dina.
I've never heard it since. I thought it was such a lovely name

Yep. Love them both actually so now I need to go and listen to both!

apparently Dina Carroll is actually Geraldine

Dina sounds lovely, and the name has a positive vibe for you.
Dina
Geraldine - Dina
Delfina - Dina

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Edwina

I know a 5yo called Dina, she is the sweetest little girl. Love the name.

My cat is called Deena, feel it really suits her and has great nickname options, so I'm very fond of it as a name.
Correcting spelling may always be an issue, but that's the case for a lot of names.

Dina is lovely.

Reminds me of starlight express, the diner car.

I like it.

I know two Russian women of this name. (Pronounced Deena).

I like it, and I'd have assumed it was pronounced like 'Deena' :)

There was a Dina Kotchetkova, Russian gymnast from the 1990s. I like it.

Ghastly.

It sounds like dinosaur.

Actually there is a local TV journalist named Dina around here too (again pronounced Deena, like Tina).

It sounds like dinosaur.

Maybe you're thinking of the name 'Dinah'?

Or maybe you pronounce dinosaur 'deenasaur'?

I would assume that it was pronounced Deena because of the names Tina, Lina, Mina, Gina, Nina etc

I’m not the biggest fan but it’s ok.

Lovely name. I know a Deanna, pronounced Deena, if you think the spelling will be an issue ( it won't but MN is full of people weirdly obsessed with how names are spelt or pronounced; I have an oddly spelt traditional name and it really really isn't a problem. MN is a strange place)

I would have expected the Deena pronunciation as I've heard of Dina Carroll. It's not quite my thing, but I think it's a perfectly valid name and shouldn't cause too much confusion.

I know a woman with this name and she is ghastly. Hard as nails and, when riled, a human T. Rex. So no, I don't like it.

Dina is a real name. The male version in Italy is Dino; it is not pronounced like dinosaur.

The Dina’s I know (Greek) full name is Christina. In Greek the letter T is pronounced as a D.

I like the 'Deena' version more than the 'Dinah' sort of one. But for some reason don't really like it much at all.

I do like the pp suggestion of Delfina nn Dina though. Not sure why I like that way though when the outcome is still the name Dina.

Guess not sure all round really!

But I named my older child a name that is really panned on MN and he's 14 now and I still love it. So i say if you love it, then you love it and go for it.

It’s lovely. Have you read The Red Tent? That’s where I first heard it. Very old biblical name. It’s pronounced Deena.

Ahh I love the Red Tent! Fabulous book.

Oops sorry it was actually Dinah. I read it as Deena though.