Medina: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Medina – Meaning: the city – Origin: Arabic – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: meh-DEE-nuh


Medina is an Arabic unisex name meaning “the city”. It appears in our list of 225+ City Names for Babies With a World-Traveler Soul.

Meaning & Origin of Medina

Meaning: The city.

Origin: Arabic.

Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Medina

Phonetic: meh-DEE-nuh   IPA: /məˈdiːnə/

Popularity of Medina

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1948–2024.

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