Given name & surname
Hina
“prostrate; gray”
Hina is a feminine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hina goes back to a word meaning “prostrate; gray.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Hina is associated with a dual goddess symbolizing day and night.
Hina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 744
- 0 boys · 744 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #4,490 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +83%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,490 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 82.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Hawaii had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,945 as a first name in 2020; 311 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.
Hina’s family of names
Hina has a related form in Heena. Hina has a related form in Henna. Hina has a related form in Hena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hina
- Hina JilaniPakistani activistborn 1953
- Hina KhanIndian actressborn 1987
- Hina HayataJapanese table tennis playerborn 2000
- Hina KinoJapanese voice actressborn 1997
- Hina SugutaJapanese voice actressborn 1995
- Hina YōmiyaJapanese voice actressborn 2000
- Hina TachibanaJapanese voice actress
- Hina SultanTelevision host and actor
- Hina KikuchiJapanese pin-up modelborn 2004
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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