Aina
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈaj.nə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈaj.na]
=== Proper noun ===
Aina f
a female given name, equivalent to English Ann
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
First recorded as a given name of Swedish speaking Finns in 1839. Generally interpreted as a variant of Aino. Not related to aina (“always”), to which the resemblance is a coincidence.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯nɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯nɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑinɑ
Syllabification(key): Ai‧na
Hyphenation(key): Ai‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Aina
a female given name
==== Usage notes ====
Popular in Finland (among Finnish and Swedish speakers) in the end of the 19th century.
==== Declension ====
==== Statistics ====
Aina is the 645th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 417 female individuals (and as a middle name to 516 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
=== Anagrams ===
-aani
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
Aina
Rōmaji transcription of あいな.
== Latvian ==
=== Etymology ===
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1915. From aina (“view, sight”). Possibly also borrowed from Finnish Aina.
=== Proper noun ===
Aina f
a female given name
==== Usage notes ====
Popular in Latvia during 1925-1950.
==== Related terms ====
Ainārs
=== References ===
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
[1] Population Register of Latvia: Aina was the only given name of 6264 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
== Norwegian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Finnish Aina, recorded in the 19th century.
=== Proper noun ===
Aina
a female given name
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Finnish Aina, first recorded as a name of Swedish speaking Finns in 1839, in Sweden in 1845.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Aina c (genitive Ainas)
a female given name
== Yoruba ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ااِنَ
Àyọ̀nná
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /à.ì.nã́/
=== Proper noun ===
Àìná
a female given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to girls born with a nuchal cord
==== Usage notes ====
The name Àìná is unisex among the Ìjẹ̀bú subgroup of the Yoruba people.
==== Coordinate terms ====
Òjó
==== Related terms ====
Tàlàbí
Sàlàkọ́