Adinah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning a form of Adina; slender, delicate.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Adinah by the numbers
Adinah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 1972, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adinah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aminahtrustworthy, honest, peaceful81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adinadelicate or ornament29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alinahvariant of Alina, noble or exalted32 in the US (2017)
- Adiyahornament of god; a form of Adaiah9 in the US (2017)
- Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
- Alinabright; a form of Alina or Aline1,650 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Adinah
Names that are said the same way as Adinah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Adinah, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Adinah
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