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Adina

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-DEE-na
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,186 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,250 for girls

Adina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “delicate, gentle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 1,250th for girls in the US (179 babies).

What does Adina mean?

Hebrew

“delicate, gentle”

Adina is the spirited heroine of Donizetti's comic opera L'elisir d'amore (1832).

More on Wiktionary.

Is Adina a girl's or a boy's name?

Adina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 179 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Adina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,186among girls
Babies in 2025
29about 1 in 9,600 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Adina, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 29 girls.

2025 had more girls named Adina than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Adina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Adina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #1,186 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 29 in 20162025
Adina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202529#1,186
202421#1,538
202327#1,285
202225#1,363
202121#1,553
202013#2,159
201919#1,651
201823#1,468
201718#1,763
201629#1,243
201517#1,813
201415#1,976
201315#1,964
201217#1,828
201111#2,393
201019#1,635
200913#2,037
200820#1,499
200717#1,614
200618#1,481
200517#1,451
200414#1,634
200320#1,216
20028#2,231
200110#1,832
200021#1,073
199919#1,149
199823#1,015
199719#1,119
199620#1,061

How popular is Adina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,250among girls
Babies in 2025
179about 1 in 9,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 179 girls in the US were named Adina, making it the 1,250th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th.

2025 had the most girls named Adina of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the girls named Adina in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 203 girls in the US were given Adina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,048, up from #1,250 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 179 in 20252025
Adina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025179#1,250
2024163#1,383
2023161#1,391
2022162#1,406
2021132#1,584
2020157#1,389
2019123#1,700
2018128#1,650
2017128#1,677
2016136#1,614
2015135#1,593
2014143#1,526
2013119#1,737
2012110#1,831
2011123#1,701
2010114#1,794
2009124#1,756
2008123#1,786
200796#2,101
2006111#1,833
2005103#1,877
200494#1,971
2003101#1,831
2002105#1,730
2001113#1,619
200091#1,865
1999103#1,619
1998111#1,518
1997109#1,494
1996116#1,421
1995129#1,291
199475#1,885
199387#1,704
199290#1,669
199189#1,663
199081#1,777
198998#1,476
198879#1,635
1987101#1,348
198695#1,360
1985110#1,239
1984110#1,190
1983108#1,194
1982111#1,210
1981115#1,158
1980128#1,089
1979100#1,270
1978112#1,141
1977107#1,160
1976108#1,112
1975113#1,048
1974118#1,013
1973109#1,058
197299#1,116
1971112#1,074
197098#1,177
1969105#1,078
196873#1,291
196749#1,617
196640#1,796
196542#1,741
196440#1,866
196340#1,838
196245#1,689
196134#2,003
196036#1,886
195928#2,151
195823#2,375
195725#2,217
195615#3,047
195517#2,724
195417#2,694
195311#3,479
195214#2,920
195114#2,809
195016#2,534
194913#2,849
19486#4,649
194717#2,447
194610#3,216
19455#4,554
19440–
19437#3,800
19425#4,620
19418#3,250
19406#3,861
19398#3,143
19380–
19378#3,145
19360–
19356#3,740
19347#3,447
19338#3,108
19320–
19315#4,329
19300–
19296#4,051
19286#4,193
19278#3,559
192610#3,045
192511#2,938
19245#5,059
19230–
19228#3,653
19219#3,399
192010#3,097
19196#4,249
191810#3,023
19177#3,711
19168#3,256
191511#2,525
19149#2,433
19130–
19126#2,632
19110–
19105#2,398
19090–
19080–
19075#2,060
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18945#1,484
18930–
18920–
18915#1,332
18906#1,209
18890–
18885#1,276
18870–
18860–
18850–
18840–
18830–
18820–
18810–
18805#836

Names like Adina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Athena Fatima Aurora Ava Alina Ariella Eliana Jessica Francesca Elena Delilah Gabriella

Other spellings of Adina

Adeena Adinah Adena

Names related to Adina

Adna Edina Adonia Adana Idania Adianna Adiana

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Adina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adina, updated 20 October 2026.