boy's name

Dinis

  • Origin Portuguese
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 581

Dinis is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Dinis is a name of Portuguese origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2015, when 35 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1970.

Dinis over time

Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Dinis by decade in France
Decade Births
1970s 70
1980s 25
1990s 15
2000s 50
2010s 245
2020s (to 2025) 105

How popular is Dinis?

In 2025, Dinis was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Dinis is used

France #2,178 10 in 2025
England & Wales #5,151 3 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dinis

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Dinis also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dinis over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Dinis

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dinis — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dinis

How popular is the name Dinis?

In 2025, Dinis was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Dinis a girl's or a boy's name?

Dinis is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Dinis most popular?

Dinis peaked in 2015, when 35 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Dinis a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Dinis currently ranks #2,178 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.