Given name & surname
Kina
“woman of China”
Kina is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “woman of China.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “woman of China.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
How it developed
In Scottish use, Kina is used as a shortened form of Alickina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,425
- 0 boys · 1,425 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,694 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,694 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,466 as a first name in 2020; 1,044 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.
Kina’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Kina is a diminutive of Joaquina. In Macedonian usage, Kina is a transliteration of Кина. Kina is a short form of Alickina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kina has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hawaiian roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kina
- Kina GrannisAmerican guitaristborn 1985
- Kina KonovaBulgarian schoolteacher1872–1952
- Kina MalpartidaPeruvian boxerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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