Given name & surname
Aina
“child born of a complicated delivery”
Aina is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “child born of a complicated delivery.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “child born of a complicated delivery.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 723
- 0 boys · 723 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #5,417 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,417 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 47 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,021 as a first name in 2020; 1,107 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aina’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Aina has a masculine form in AINIS. In Catalan usage, Aina has a conventional equivalent in the German form Anna. In Catalan usage, Aina has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ana.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aina has relatives in 8 languages.
13 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aina
- Aina Bergswimmer (1902–1992)
- Aina SuzukiJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1995
- Aina OnaboluNigerian artist (1882-1963)
- Aina AibaJapanese voice actressborn 1988
- Aina AbdulMalaysian singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1993)
- Aina ClotetCatalan actress and directorborn 1982
- Aina KusudaJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1989
- Aina Moll MarquèsSpanish scientist and politician (1930-2019)
- AnyahSinger, Malagasy politicianborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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