Dafina

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dafina by the numbers

Dafina was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 1974, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Dafina

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dafina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Davinabeloved; feminine form of David313 in the US (2017)
  • Darinagreat; from Daire8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dainasong14 in the US (2017)
  • Dalina7 in the US (2017)
  • Dannagod is my judge; a form of Daniel579 in the US (2017)
  • Dayanadivine; a form of Diana543 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dafina

Names that are said the same way as Dafina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Davonnabeloved; feminine form of David14 in the US (2017)
  • Daveenabeloved; a form of davida or feminine form of david6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dafina

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