Understanding, knowledge, or bee
In Hebrew, Bina represents the intellectual faculty of understanding or insight. It is also used as a Yiddish diminutive for Deborah, which means 'bee'. In some contexts, it is a short form of Sabina or Albina.
Less common today
Bina isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,167 in 2019.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Leading actress in Hindi cinema during the 1950s
Award-winning Indian economist and professor
Pakistani writer and journalist
