Dimona

דִימוֹנָה

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Modern Hebrew
• Meaning: a city in southern Israel

• Dimona is the name of a city in Israel's Negev Desert, a place built from scratch in the 1950s by immigrants who turned arid wilderness into a thriving community. It has a glamorous, almost cinematic sound that far exceeds what you might expect from a small desert town, full of warmth and character. As a baby name, Dimona carries the bold, sun-soaked energy of a place that refused to be defined by its harsh surroundings.

  Picture it on a wedding invitation in thirty years and you will appreciate the polish that belies its scrappy desert-town origins. It captures the pioneering spirit of the Negev in a name that sounds cosmopolitan and worldly. For parents who love place names like Shiloh or Eden but want one that speaks to the grit and optimism of modern Israel, Dimona is a striking pick.

• Alternate Spellings: Dimonah
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Efrat
  ,
  Yarden
  ,
  Aviv
  ,
  Dan
• Theme: Israel