Aina
[ˈaɪ.nə]Meaning
variant of Aino; also a Balearic form of Anna and a Japanese name from ai "love" and na "greens"
Background Story
In Finnish, Aina was popularized by Zachris Topelius's poem Ljungblommar (1845) and was commonly used by Swedish-speaking Finns; it was possibly coined from a dialectal variant of ainoa, "only", and is now generally interpreted as a variant of Aino. In Latvian it was first recorded as a given name in 1915, from aina, "view, sight", and possibly also borrowed from Finnish Aina. It is also a Balearic form of Anna, and a Japanese name formed from 愛 (ai), "love, affection", and 菜 (na), "vegetables, greens", among other character combinations.
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Amra
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