Adina

/AH-D-IY-N-AH/

Girl Jewish Hebrew origin EuropeanAmerican

Gentle and delicate, from the Hebrew adin (delicate, tender, refined), a name that appears in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles. It marks the bearer with a soft, graceful refinement, an inward gentleness paired with a quiet, pleasing tenderness of spirit.

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Meaning & origin

Adina is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, traditionally used in Jewish families. The name means "Gentle and delicate, from the Hebrew adin (delicate, tender, refined), a name that appears in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles. It marks the bearer with a soft, graceful refinement, an inward gentleness paired with a quiet, pleasing tenderness of spirit." and belongs to the Peace cluster — names meaning calm, serenity, and inner stillness.

Common among European, American, MiddleEastern, Israeli families, Adina carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Adina

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Adina resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
2
harmony and partnership
Chaldean
3
creativity and joyful expression

How Adina sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Adina breaks down into 5 phonemes: /AH-D-IY-N-AH/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

The six signals, applied to Adina

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Adina maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.

01 — Birth Star
Nakshatra match
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02 — Numerology
Destiny alignment
Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 2) matched against your family's own numerology profile.
03 — Phonetics
Last-name fit
Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Adina flows with your family name.
04 — Meaning
Peace
Adina belongs to the Peace cluster — names meaning calm, serenity, and inner stillness.
05 — Cultural & Tradition
Jewish
As a Jewish name, Adina carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.
06 — Uniqueness
Popularity balance
How common Adina is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Adina

If Adina resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Jewish girl names, common in European families

Sarah
Princess, noblewoman, the matriarch who laughed when God promised her a son — Sarah is the first matriarch of Israel, the woman who bore Isaac in her old age and whose laughter at the announcement became part of sacred history. Her name carries royal dignity, the joy of the impossible made real, and the faith to keep walking toward a promise that logic says cannot be fulfilled
Anna
Grace, favour — the most universal European girl name. From Anna Karenina to Anna Magnani, it never ages, never fades.
Eliana
My God has answered, the child who arrived as the response to years of prayer — Eliana combines 'El' (God) with 'ana' (answered), declaring that this daughter's existence is proof that God listens
Hannah
Grace, favour, the mother who prayed so fervently the priest thought she was drunk — Hannah in 1 Samuel is the childless woman who wept before God at Shiloh until the priest Eli mistook her moving lips for intoxication. Her son Samuel became Israel's greatest prophet

Sharing the same meaning

Other Jewish girl names from the Peace cluster

Shelomith
Peaceful one, a feminine Hebrew name built on the root shalom and shalem (peace, wholeness, completeness). Borne by several women in the Hebrew scriptures, it carries the wish that the bearer live in soundness of body and spirit, lacking nothing and at rest within herself.
Zillah
Shade, shadow — a biblical Hebrew name built from transparent sacred or lexical elements
Shulamit
Peaceful one, a feminine Hebrew name drawn from shalom and shalem (peace, wholeness, soundness). It appears in the love poetry of the Hebrew scriptures as a term of admiration, so the name carries both the serenity of inner peace and the glow of a woman celebrated as beautiful and complete.

Names that sound similar

Jewish girl names that open with the same syllables as Adina

Aliza
Joyful, the one whose happiness is infectious — Aliza carries the Hebrew root for joy that has been adopted into Muslim naming through its sound rather than its etymology. In Pakistani families the name works because it sounds Arabic while actually being Hebrew, creating an accidental bridge between Abrahamic traditions
Anat
To answer, one who responds — Anat is a name with deep ancient Near Eastern roots, originally the name of the Canaanite goddess of war and love, but in modern Hebrew the name has been reinterpreted as deriving from "to answer" or "to respond." It is a common modern Israeli feminine name particularly popular among Israeli families.
Aviva
Spring, the season of renewal when the earth exhales green after winter's long silence — Aviva names a child for the precise moment when dormant branches bud, when birdsong returns, and when the air carries the scent of wet soil and young grass. It is the Hebrew calendar's promise kept, the annual proof that death is never permanent and that new life always insists on arriving

Common questions about Adina

What does the name Adina mean?

Adina means "Gentle and delicate, from the Hebrew adin (delicate, tender, refined), a name that appears in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles. It marks the bearer with a soft, graceful refinement, an inward gentleness paired with a quiet, pleasing tenderness of spirit.." It is a girl name of Hebrew origin, traditionally used in Jewish families.

Is Adina a boy or girl name?

Adina is most commonly used as a girl name.

What is the origin of the name Adina?

Adina is of Hebrew origin, used in Jewish tradition, commonly among European, American, MiddleEastern families.

What is the numerology of Adina?

Adina has a Pythagorean destiny number of 2 — harmony and partnership.

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