At a Glance: Name: Aina – Meaning: the only one – Origin: Finnish (variant of Aino); also used independently in Latvian, Yoruba, and Japanese naming traditions – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: EYE-nah
Aina is a Finnish (variant of Aino); also used independently in Latvian, Yoruba, and Japanese naming traditions girl's name meaning “the only one”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Aina
Meaning: The only one.
Origin: Finnish (variant of Aino); also used independently in Latvian, Yoruba, and Japanese naming traditions.
A common claim: love, name (Japanese) Actually: Aina is not one name with a single fixed meaning; the 'love, name' gloss applies only to its separate Japanese usage. Its better-documented Finnish origin (a variant of Aino) means 'the only one,' and it also has unrelated Latvian ('view/sight') and Yoruba (a nuchal-cord birth name, unrelated to love) meanings.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Aina
Phonetic: EYE-nah IPA: /ˈaɪnə/
Popularity of Aina
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1901–2024.
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