Aina (given name)

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Aina
Pronunciation/eye/-/na/,/ahyi-na/,
GenderFemale or male
Name day Spain: July 26
Finland: May 10
Latvia: October 8 [1]
Sweden: June 13
Origin
Region of origin Japan, Latvia, Finland, Scandinavia, Bangladesh, Madagascar
Other names
Related names Ainārs, Aino, Ain

Aina is a given name that is found in multiple cultures. It is typically a female name in Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencian Country, Bangladesh, Philippines, Finland, and Scandinavia, also in Madagascar, and a male name in Yoruba or female name in Edo Nigeria. Aina is a variant of Aino in Finland, and means "the only one." [2] In Latvia, the name Aina means "view, sight", and is a variant of the male name Ainārs.[ citation needed ] In Japan, the name combines the Japanese words 愛 (ai) "love, affection" and 菜 (na) "vegetables, greens". [3] In India and Bangladesh, Aina is the Hindi and Bengali word for "mirror." In the Arabic language Aina is derived from the word "Ain" meaning "eyes". In Hawaiian it literally means "that which feeds" it can also means "country". In Malagasy the word means "life".

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References

  1. vardadienas.lv. "Oktobris". vardadienas.lv. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. Behind the Name. "Given Name Aina 1". Retrieved on 8 January 2016.
  3. Behind the Name. "Given Name Aina 3". Retrieved on 8 January 2016.