Given name & surname · Japanese

稲

稲 (Ine) is a feminine given name from Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic. It is used in Japanese.

JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Ina.

Meaning & origin

What it means

稲 goes back to a word meaning “rice (husked grains of the Asian rice plant, Oryza sativa).”

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Where it comes from

稲 comes from Old Japanese, and ultimately from Proto-Japonic.

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How it developed

From Proto-Japonic *inay.

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稲’s family of names

In Japanese usage, 稲 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ina. In Japanese usage, 稲 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ine. In Japanese usage, 稲 has a related form in いね.

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稲InaIneいね稻

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Nicknames & forms 2

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Spellings & scripts 2

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