The name Ina is a boy's name of Russian, Polynesian origin meaning "illuminate, light up; saint's name".

While Ina is typically used as a feminine diminutive of Martina, Carolina, and similar, it may also be considered a Chamarro name, associated with light, and a variation of the Russian saint name, Inna, borne by one of the first Russian holy martyrs.

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The name Ina peaked for boys at #3144 in 1930. Ina is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

The name Ina is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "warlike; Christian; free man".

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Short, sweet, and to the point, Ina is a derived from the likes of Martina, Christina, Carolina, and so on. Used across Europe as a stand-alone name and as a diminutive, Ina was once popular in the US too. Peaking in the early 20th-century, it dwindled out of the Top 1000 in the 1960s.
 
A Top 100 choice in Slovenia and given to 66 American girls in a recent year, Ina — with its three-letter, ends in -a structure — may work as an alternative to Ana, Eva, Lia, Mia, and Ava.
 
Other sources of the name include Irina, Ines, Ivana, Ilina, Regina, Ignacia, Inessa, and Ingrida, along with the Chamarro element ina meaning to "to illuminate", the Manx Iney meaning "daughter", and the Russian saint name, Inna.

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The name Ina peaked for girls at #145 in 1881. The name is most popular in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Ohio. Ina is occasionally used for boys in 1994.

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