Ina - Meaning of Ina

What does Ina mean?

[ 2 syll. i-na, in-a ] The baby girl name Ina is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced AY-Nah or IY-Nah (English) †.

1: Ina's language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian. This developed from the diminutive of other names ending with the Latinate feminine suffix '-ina'. In Ireland, the name could also be a form of Agnes; there were two saints named Ina or Aghna. The name was widely adopted by English speakers in the 19th century.

Forms of Ina include the names Ena, Inah, Inanna, Inanne, Inna, Innah, and Yna.

2: Ina's language of origin is Japanese and it is also predominantly used in Japanese. Here, it means 'rice plant'.

3: Ina's language of origin is African-Hausa. Meaning: 'stutterer'.

4: Ina's origin is African-Efik. Meaning: 'encampment, rendezvous'.

5: Ina's origin is African-Poto. Meaning: 'dancer'.

6: Ina's origin is African-Ngombe. Meaning: 'to sow, to plant'.

Ina is a form (Irish) of the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Agnes.

Ina is also a form (Polish) of the English and French Bernadette.

Ina is also a diminutive (Dutch, English, and Japanese) of the Italian, English, German, and Spanish Bettina.

Ina is also a form (Polish) of the English, French, and Scandinavian Caroline.

Ina is also a diminutive (Dutch, English, and Japanese) of the Dutch, English, German, Greek, and Scandinavian Christina.

Ina is also a diminutive (Dutch, English, and Japanese) of the English and German Edwina.

Ina is also a form (English and German) of the English, Irish, and German Ena.

Ina is also a form (Polish) of Eva.

Ina is also a diminutive (Dutch, English, and Japanese) of the Spanish, Czech, English, German, Italian, and Romanian Martina.

Ina is also a form (Polish) of the English and German Philippa.

Ina is also a form (Polish) of the English, German, and Polish Regina.

See also the related categories, plant (forest), hausa, english, latin, suffix, japanese, dancer, diminutive, dutch, saints, scandinavian, and german.

Ina is rare as a baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1901, 0.098% of baby girls were named Ina. It had a ranking of #177 then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Ina, Caroline was the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Ina include Iines, Imke, Immah, Inas, Inass, Inasse, Ineke, Ines, Inez, Inès, Inga, Inge, Inis, Iniss, Inisse, Inka, Innes, Innez, Innis, and Innys.

† Pronunciation for Ina: AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"