Ina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Yina in CO Colombia, FI Finland, PE Peru and 3 more, 이나 in KR South Korea, Inah in BR Brazil and Ინა in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 33 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ina is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name34K records spelled Ina13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, India

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Ina, ÎÑä, Īnã, Ïnã, Inā

• Hindi given name30K records spelled Ina6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom

  Also written Înã, Ïña, Inã, Iña, Ína

• Romanian given name11K records spelled Ina8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, United States, Romania, Italy

  Also written Ïnă, Iña, Ìñă, Ïnä, Ínä

• Albanian given name7.4K records spelled Ina10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Ìńá, Ïna, Îñâ, Įnâ, Îna

• Latvian given name6.5K records spelled Ina5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Lithuania, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Īna, Īnä, Iña

• Finnish given name6.1K records spelled Ina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Îñà, Iña

79 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Agni (V); Indra (५); a Deva (P); Jina (N); Nrsimha

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• In Irish, Perhaps an Irish form of Agnes.

  as a name·Irish first names

• Fire.

  as a name·The African book of names

• In Lao, ko: thé Buddh. n. name of the second of the five wise men in the present Buddhist epoch. 37 u Anta l. n. discontent, anger. 2. v. be discontented, angry. ^

  as a word·Lao-English Dictionary

• In lua, to put the cassava root to soak prior to drying, immerse, dip or sink in water.

  as a word·Grammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ineb. 670ITnot in their usual nameKing of Wessex
• Kusumoto Ineb. 1827JPnot in their usual namethe first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan
• Ina Claireb. 1893USAmerican stage and film actress (1893-1985)
• Ina Balinb. 1937USAmerican actress (1937-1990)
• Ina Müllerb. 1965DEGerman singer, television presenter and recording artist
• Ina Weisseb. 1968DEGerman actress, screenwriter and film director
• Ine Marie Eriksen Søreideb. 1976NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian politician (Conservative Party)
• Ina Wroldsenb. 1984NONorwegian singer and songwriter
• Seol In-ahb. 1996KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress
• Kenneth Taylorb. 2002NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player (born 2002)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,081 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ina?

We estimate roughly 71 thousand people bear Ina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Ina have the most bearers?

Ina is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled ina.

Where is Ina most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ina is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 384 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ina compared with other names?

In Germany, Ina is the 288th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Ina a male or female name?

Ina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ina mean?

Recorded meaning: Ina är ursprungligen en smekform till namn på -ina, t.ex.