Dinah is a

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

female given name meaning ''judged'' or ''vindicated''.

People with the name

* Dinah, a Biblical character *

Dinah Cancer Mary Ann Sims (born August 28, 1960), known professionally as Dinah Cancer, is an American singer. She is the lead vocalist of 45 Grave, which helped found the deathrock music genre. Biography Cancer's first band was Castration Squad, an ...

, the stage name of vocalist Mary Simms *

Dinah Christie Dinah Barbara Christie (born 1942) is a Canadian actress and singer. Christie was born in London, England. One of the five children of actors Robert and Margot Christie, she came to Canada at the age of two with her parents and grew up in Toront ...

, Canadian actress *

Dinah Craik Dinah Maria Craik (; born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel ''John Halifax, Gentleman'', which presents the ...

, English novelist * Dinah Jane Hansen, singer from American girl group

Fifth Harmony Fifth Harmony, often shortened to 5H, was an American girl group based in Miami, composed of Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui, and previously Camila Cabello until her departure from the group in December 2016. The group sig ...

Dinah Henson Dinah Lillianne Henson ( Oxley, 17 October 1948 – 30 April 2020) was an English amateur golfer. She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship in 1970. She played in the Curtis Cup four times, in 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1976. Golf career A ...

, English amateur golfer * Dinah Hinz, German actress *

Dinah Lenney Dinah Lenney (born Dinah Gross; November 18, 1956, New York City) is an American actress and writer. She is the author of ''Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir'', a 2007 book about the murder of her father, Republican Party politician and business ...

, American actress and writer *

Dinah Manoff Dinah Beth Manoff (born January 25, 1956) is an American stage, film, and television actress and television director. She is best known for her roles as Elaine Lefkowitz on ''Soap'', Marty Maraschino in the film '' Grease'', Libby Tucker in both ...

, American stage and film actress *

Dinah Nuthead Dinah Nuthead () was a colonial printer based in the Province of Maryland. She is believed to be the first woman to be licensed as a printer in the Thirteen Colonies. Nuthead was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Her husband, William Nuthead ...

, English colonial printer *

Dinah Pfizenmaier Dinah Pfizenmaier (born 13 January 1992) is a German former tennis player. Pfizenmaier won nine singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 17 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 2 Febru ...

, German tennis player *

Dinah Sheridan Dinah Sheridan (born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg; 17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films '' Genevieve'' (1953) and '' The Railway Children'' (1970); the l ...

, English actress *

Dinah Shore Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during ...

, American singer and actress *

Dinah Shtettin Dinah Shtettin (a.k.a. Dina Stettin and Dinah Feinman; c. 1862—1946) was an English-born Yiddish theater actress. She was the second wife of Jacob Adler, with whom she had a daughter, Celia in 1889; the couple divorced shortly thereafter. Despi ...

, Yiddish theater actress *

Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950s songs". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performe ...

, American vocalist * Dinah Hilda Kyomuhimbo, Ugandan research scientist

Fictional characters

Dinah Marler Dinah Marler is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera '' Guiding Light'', last portrayed by Gina Tognoni from July 5, 2004 to September 18, 2009. Casting The character was originated by Jennifer Gatti from June 1986 to June 1987. ...

, a fictional character on the soap opera ''Guiding Light'' *

Dinah Morris Dinah Morris is a major character in George Eliot's novel ''Adam Bede'' (1859); a Methodist lay preacher, she was modelled on Eliot's aunt Elizabeth Evans. Dinah visits the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit commun ...

, a character in George Eliot's novel ''Adam Bede'' * Dinah Lance, the Black Canary in the

DC Universe The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared universe where most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. Superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Martian Manhunter, The Flash, Green Lant ...

Dinah Soar Dinah Soar is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Created by John Byrne, Dinah Soar first appeared in ''West Coast Avengers'' vol. 2 #46 (July 1989). Etymology Her name re ...

, a fictional superhero in the Marvel Universe *

Dinah the Dachshund The Mickey Mouse universe is a fictional shared universe which is the setting for stories involving Disney cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and many other characters. The universe originated from the '' Mickey Mouse'' ...

, a fictional Disney character *

Dinah the Dining Car ''Starlight Express'' is a 1984 British musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. It tells the story of a young but obsolete steam engine, Rusty, who races in a championship against modern engines in the hope ...

, a character in ''Starlight Express'' * Dinah, Alice's pet cat in ''

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creature ...

'' * Dinah, a mule belonging to Laurel and Hardy, who appeared in '' Way out West'' & ''

The Music Box ''The Music Box'' is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy released in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, which depicts the pair attempting to move a piano up a long f ...

'' * Dinah Macquarie, character in "

Seveneves ''Seveneves'' is a hard science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson published in 2015. The story tells of the desperate efforts to preserve '' Homo sapiens'' in the wake of apocalyptic events on Earth after the unexplained disintegration of the M ...

People with the name

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