Ina

A female given name from Latin.

Proper noun

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • Miss Ina Claire tells me that half her acquaintances call her "Eenah" and the other half "Eynah". She answers docilely to either. - 1935, Winthrop Ames, What Shall We Name the Baby?, New York: Simon and Schuster, page...
    • The eldest, originally called Christina in spite of her Jewish father's protests, eventually had her name sliced in half. "Stop sulking, Abe," Aurora commanded. "From now on she's plain Ina without the Christ." So poor...

Origin

Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g. Georgina, Christina, Wilhelmina.