Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g.Georgina,Christina,Wilhelmina.
Ina
- A femalegiven name from Latin.
1935, Winthrop Ames,What Shall We Name the Baby?, New York: Simon and Schuster, page18:MissIna 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, page139: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 plainIna without the Christ." So poorIna 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 thisIna-more it is like saying she isIna-plus."
- Ian,nai,AIN,Nia,Ani,Ain,NIA,ani,ain',ANI,-ian,nia,ain
Ina f
- a femalegiven name
Short form ofWilhelmina and similar names.
Ina
- a femalegiven name
- IPA(key): /ˈi.naː/
- Hyphenation:Ina
Ina f
- a femalegiven name
Short form of names ending with-ina, such asCarlina,Elina, etc.
Ina f
- a femalegiven name
Matronymics
- son of Ina:Inuson
- daughter of Ina:Inudóttir
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FromAncient GreekἼνα(Ína).
Ina f sg (genitiveInae);first declension
- An inlandtown in the south ofSicily mentioned byPtolemy
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
- “Ina”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1854, 1857),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1894. From names ending in -ina, and fromInese.
Ina f
- a femalegiven name
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990,→ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Ina was the only given name of 2735 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
From names ending in -ina, such asKatarina andRegina, and fromIneza.
Ina f
- a femalegiven name
Short form of names ending in -ina, such asKarolina,Katarina,Nikolina.
Ina
- a femalegiven name; variant formIne
Ina m
- a malegiven name
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Ina f
- Ina (ariver in northwestPoland)
- Ina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Short form of names ending in -ina, such asSabina,Severina, and ofInez. First recorded in Sweden in 1836.
Ina c (genitiveInas)
- a femalegiven name
