Ina

See also -ina, and ina

English

Etymology

Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g. Georgina, Christina, Wilhelmina.

Proper noun

Ina

1. A female given name.
   • 1935 Winthrop Ames: What Shall We Name the Baby? Simon and Schuster, New York. page 18:

     Miss Ina Claire tells me that half her acquaintances call her "Eenah" and the other half "Eynah". She answers docilely to either.

   • 1995 Salman Rushdie: The Moor's Last Sigh ISBN 0 224 03814 1 page 139:

     The eldest, originally called Christina in spite of her Jewish father's protests, eventually had her name sliced in half. "Stop sulking, Abe," Aurora commanded. "From now on she's plain Ina without the Christ." So poor Ina grew up with only half a handle, and when the second child was born a year later matters were made worse because this time Aurora insisted on "Inamorata". Abraham protested again: "People will confuse," he said plaintively. "And this Ina-more it is like saying she is Ina-plus."

Translations

female given name

Danish: Ina (da) Finnish: Iina (fi) Latvian: Ina (lv) f.

Lithuanian: Ina (lt) f. Norwegian: Ine (no), Ina (no) Swedish: Ina (sv)

Anagrams

• ani, ANI
• Ian
• NIA

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Danish

Etymology

Short form of Wilhelmina and similar names.

Proper noun

Ina

1. A female given name.

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1894. From names ending in -ina, and from Inese.

Proper noun

Ina f.

1. A female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Ina was the only given name of 2735 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From names ending in -ina, such as Katarina and Regina, and from Ineza.

Proper noun

Ina f.

1. A female given name.

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Norwegian

Etymology

Short form of names ending in -ina, such as Karolina, Katarina, Nikolina.

Proper noun

Ina

1. A female given name.Variant: Ine.

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Swedish

Etymology

Short form of names ending in -ina, such as Sabina, Severina, and of Inez. First recorded in Sweden in 1836.

Proper noun

Ina

1. A female given name.