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The origin of the name Dinah is Hebrew

 

This is how Dinah is written in Hebrew:

דִּינָה = Diynah

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Dinah is judgment.

 

Dinah was the daughter of Jacob by Leah, sister of Simeon and Levi

 

The name Dinah appears in the bible in the following verses:

Genesis 30:21 KJV
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

Genesis 34:1 KJV
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

Genesis 34:3 KJV
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

Genesis 34:5 KJV
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

Genesis 34:13 KJV
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Genesis 34:25 KJV
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Genesis 34:26 KJV
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.

Genesis 46:15 KJV
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.