Dinorah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dee-NOR-a
Dinorah is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dinorah mean?
Spelling of Dinora; Latin American name, perhaps from Meyerbeer's opera Dinorah
Dinorah is the heroine of Meyerbeer's 1859 opera Le pardon de Ploërmel, also known as Dinorah.
Meaning borrowed from Dinora.
Is Dinorah a girl's or a boy's name?
Dinorah is a girls' name.
How popular is Dinorah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1968, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Dinorah in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dinorah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
Names like Dinorah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Dinorah
Sources
Figures from 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, “Dinorah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dinorah, updated 20 October 2026.