Origin and Meaning of the Name Aina

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Gender:

Girl


Origin:	Catalan
Meaning:	Catalan form of Anna


Origin:	African
Meaning:	Born with difficulties


Origin:	Finnish
Meaning:	Always


Origin:	Japanese
Meaning:	Favorite greens


Pronunciation:	(ah EE nah) [Guide]

Form of:

Anna

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Miscellaneous Info for Aina

Categories:

Asian Names, Nature Names, Nigerian Names, Catalan Names, Finnish Names, Japanese Names, Green Names

Used in:

African, Catalan, Finnish and Japanese speaking countries

Additional info:

Aina is a popular Japanese name that can be written with the characters meaning "love; favorite; affection" (ai) and "vegetable; side dish; greens" (na).

It also means "always" in Finnish and may be a variant of Aino, meaning "the only one".

As a Yoruba name (from Nigeria), it means "difficult birth, the birth had complications".

Aina (EYE nuh) is the Catalan form of Anna, from the Hebrew meaning "grace".