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.
Related Names
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Old Irish name of a character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
Amba
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Amra
Old Irish amrae, 'wonder'; the word behind the name of a panegyric.
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Russian diminutive of Anna
Aoife
From Old Irish Aífe, from óiph, meaning "beauty" (modern Irish aoibh)
Arja
Variant of Irja, apparently coined for early 20th century poems
Arna
Icelandic and Norwegian feminine form of Arne
Asha
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Asta
Short form of Astrid