Given name & surname
Jina
“the named one”
Jina is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the named one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the named one.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,020
- 0 boys · 2,020 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,362 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,362 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 56 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,343 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Jina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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