Given name & surname
Akina
“resembling a spring flower”
Akina is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a spring flower.”
Original Japanese明菜
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a spring flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 531
- 0 boys · 531 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,476 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,476 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 536 as a first name in 2020; 503 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.
Akina’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Akina is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 明奈. In Japanese usage, Akina is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 明菜.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Akina
- Akina NakamoriJapanese singer and actressborn 1965
- Akina MinamiJapanese female talent and fashion model (1989-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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