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[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

What do we think about Dina(h)?

I've been kind of obsessed with it lately. Maybe due to Alice in Wonderland.

*edit- Totally didn't think about the Dee-na sound without the "h". Thought it'd just be Deena for that or Deana? I'm talking about DYE-NA, Dinah, apparently =]

Comments

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

I pronounce those both differently. To me, Dina is Dee-nah, and Dinah is Die-nah. I prefer Dina.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Dee-nah or DIE-nah?

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

I think Dina is okay. Not my favorite though. My neighbors have a daughter named Dina, I think she's like... 4 years old now. They combined their names though to name her, his name is Dag, hers is Nina, so... Dina.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Dina and Dinah are two different names, IMO, the former being dee-nuh and the other being dye-nuh. it's not a ban name though I do not particularly care for it

[blosmbee.livejournal.com]

Dina is an ok name.
It's a biblical girl's name that doesn't get much attention, but doesn't sound unusual or exotic either.
I knew at least 3 Dina's when I was growing up, so that's probably why I think it's a bit dull.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

dinah is okay. dina sounds too masculine for my taste, for whatever reason.

[frost.livejournal.com]

Dinah (dye-nah) is okay; I really dislike Dina (dee-nah).

[pyrokitten77.livejournal.com]

Dinasaur.

(>.>)

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

Dye-nah is kind of nice. I don't really like Dee-nah.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't do it just because my kid would have to constantly explain how to spell it: Dina, Dinah, Deena, Dena, Deana...

Same with Shawn, Sean and Kaitlyn, Caitlyn, Caitlin, Kaitlin (both names I like a lot but wouldn't use for the same reason)

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I also pronounce them differently. I really don't care for either, but I prefer Dinah.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I like Dinah.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I love Dinah, only pronounced DYE-nah, although I know the *correct* pronunciation is DEE-nah, even spelled Dinah. Every Dinah I know says Dee-nah, and that book The Red Tent made a big deal about the pronunciation DEE-nah. So I suppose I could never name someone this knowing it would be mispronounced.

Also, the only spelling I can tolerate is Dinah. I absolutely hate the bunches of Deenas, Denas, Deynas, etc. Blech.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Like many others, when I see Dina, it's "DEE-nuh." Dinah "DYE-nuh" is one of my favorite names, but it's been nixed by the spouse. Like most of my favorites. :(

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thanks for reminding me of Dinah! It's sort of a forgotten favorite of mine. (Another huge fave of mine is Alice. You can guess what movie I watched over and over as a kid.)

Although the story of Dinah in the Bible has a few different interpretations and is kind of controversial, as a child I always liked the story because it showed that, even though women didn't always get much mention in the Bible, men back then still loved and defended their sisters/daughters/etc. So that always gave it a good connotation to me.

I think Dinah manages to be elegant and sweet at the same time, like a solemn, bookish little girl with big glasses. It's Biblical, accessible, uncommon yet not unfamiliar. It kind of has it all.

[longlostblue.livejournal.com]

It instantly made me think of a cat, even before I remembered that was the name of the cat in Alice in Wonderland.