Bina - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. bi-na, bin-a ] The girl name Bina is pronounced BIYNah ^KEY. Bina's language of origin is Latin and Hebrew. It is predominantly used in Italian and Hebrew. Hebrew origin, Hebrew use: Derived literally from the words bine which means 'bee' ; bina which means 'understanding'. The name is used as a translation of the Hebrew Devorah, from the Yiddish 'bine', although it has sometimes been associated with the Hebrew element 'bina'. Variants of Bina include Binah (Hebrew) and Bine (Hebrew).

In addition, Bina is a short form of Albina (German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Slavic) in the Italian language.

Bina is also a short form of Sabina (Czech, English, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slavic, and Spanish) in the Italian language.

Bina is an unusual baby girl name. In 1900, 0.005% of baby girls were named Bina. It had a ranking of #974 then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then, and is of very light use today. Among all girl names in its family, Bina was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Bina include Baibín (Irish), Banee (Vietnamese), Benni (English), Bennie (English), Béibhinn (Irish), Binah (Hebrew), Binnie (English), Bonney (English), Bonni (English), Bonnie (English and Scottish), Bonnin (English), Bonny (English and Scottish), Bunny (English), Bean (English), Bibiane (German), Bine (Hebrew), Boyana (Slavic), and Bibiana (German).

^KEY: English pronunciation for Bina: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"

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for Bina
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for Bina
in 2007