Given name & surname
Pina
Pina is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish, Italian, and Cebuano.
Original ItalianGiuseppina
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Pina is a diminutive of JOSEFINA. In Cebuano usage, Pina is a short form of JOSEFINA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 354
- 0 boys · 354 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 736 as a first name in 2020; 25,202 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.
Pina’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Pina is a diminutive of JOSEFINA. In Greek usage, Pina as a surname is a transliteration of Πίνα. In Cebuano usage, Pina is a short form of JOSEFINA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Pina has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Italianwhere Pina comes from · 3 names
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Pina
- Pina BauschGerman dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director (1940–2009)
- Pina MenichelliItalian actress (1890–1984)
- Pina PiciernoItalian politicianborn 1981
- Pina GalliniItalian actress (1888-1974)
- Giuseppina SurianoItalian Beatified nun (1915–1950)
- Pina RenziItalian actress (1901–1984)
- Pina CarmirelliItalian musician (1914–1993)
- Pina BottinItalian actress1933–2024
- Pina PiovaniItalian actress (1897-1955)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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