Dina or Dalia: opinions

amother

OP ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:17 am

I am between these two names, both feel like they are too traditional to the point of being old school, but I am thinking maybe they are old school in a cool way, like Chloe or Phoebe in a non-Jewish world…
What do you think? Should work both in Israel and chutz, modern chareidi circles.

itsokay ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:33 am

To me Dalia is cooler than Deena but I'm not in your circles so YMMV

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:33 am

itsokay wrote:

To me Dalia is cooler than Deena but I'm not in your circles so YMMV

What circles are you from?

amother

Nectarine

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:36 am

I love both but I like dina spelled with an H- Dinah
Dalia is super cool I agree but depends on your circles.

Bnei Berak 10 ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:44 am

Dina is דין השם
I personally would avoid it.
Dalia is a flower. Acc. to Reb Chaim Kanievsky it is not a name.
Chareidi Israeli circles

amother

Almond

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:46 am

Came to post as above , I wouldn’t name a child Dinah or Daniel to me they are about din shamayim vs rachamim

↑ itsokay ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:47 am

amother OP wrote:

What circles are you from?

Lakewood yeshivish

Ruchel ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:48 am

To me Dalia is older but Dina I'm disturbed by the story

amother

Bronze

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:55 am

sorry op but I'm not such a fan of either.

↑ Bnei Berak 10 ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:58 am

Ruchel wrote:

To me Dalia is older but Dina I'm disturbed by the story

SAme here

amother

Ivory ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:59 am

All possible negative associations aside, I think Dalia is quite old fashioned. At least that seems to be the case here in Israel. In my opinion Dina is a fairly classic, can't go wrong with it name. It's just matter of how much you personally like it.

ddmom

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:00 pm

Is Dalia a Jewish name? What's the origin?

amother

↑ Ivory ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:04 pm

ddmom wrote:

Is Dalia a Jewish name? What's the origin?

It's the name of a flower in Hebrew. If I'm not mistaken the same flower is also called dalia in Arabic and it is also an Arab name. But then again so is Sarah, Miriam, Haya, etc...actually, I think Dina may also be a name used by Arabs.

amother

Catmint ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:06 pm

Bnei Berak 10 wrote:

Dina is דין השם
I personally would avoid it.
Dalia is a flower. Acc. to Reb Chaim Kanievsky it is not a name.
Chareidi Israeli circles

I'm not from these circles so trying to understand: what does "it's not a name" mean?

amother

Hunter

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:08 pm

amother Catmint wrote:

I'm not from these circles so trying to understand: what does "it's not a name" mean?

Some go for brachos from gedolim and when they give in a name for the bracha
they’re told it’s not a real name. It’s recommended to give a name that’s sourced and has significance

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:08 pm

amother Catmint wrote:

I'm not from these circles so trying to understand: what does "it's not a name" mean?

It’s a namenof an object, not a person

I have actually found that it’s not only a flower but also means „a blossoming branch“. It is used in Torah in this meaning

amother

↑ Catmint ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:10 pm

amother OP wrote:

It’s a namenof an object, not a person

And? When someone's named that it's a name
How is another name a name and not this?
Genuinely trying to understand

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:11 pm

amother Catmint wrote:

And? When someone's names that it's a name
How is another name a name and not this?
Genuinely trying to understand

Ask a gadol…

amother

↑ Catmint ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:11 pm

I mean Penina is a thing
But thats a name, right?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:13 pm

amother Catmint wrote:

I mean Penina is a thing
But thats a name, right?

There is a known person in Tanach with this name