Ina

Meaning: Farmer, earth worker
Origin: Greek — Short form of Georgina and other names ending in -ina

Meaning: Follower of Christ
Origin: Greek — Or of Christina

Meaning: Will and helmet
Origin: Germanic — Or of Wilhelmina

Girl's name · #2627 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Ina belongs to an older America first — it reached #145 back in 1881 — yet it still appears in today's records at #2627. About 34,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#73 in Slovenia (2025) · #255 in Sweden (2025) · #256 in Poland (2025) · #265 in Norway (2025) · #298 in Switzerland (2025) · #354 in Austria (2025) · #1,163 in France (2025) · #1,974 in Canada (2025) · #2,278 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,789 in Italy (2024) · #6,453 in Ecuador (2025) · #867 in Belgium (2024) and 4 more.

Famous Inas

Ina Garten — American television cook (born 1948)
Ina Balin — American actress (1937–1990)
Ina Wroldsen — Norwegian singer and songwriter (born 1984)
Ina Claire — American stage and film actress (1893–1985)
Ina May Gaskin — American midwife (born 1940)

What Inas become

Among 1,031 notable people named Ina:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.33× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ina Kersten, German mathematician (born 1946).

Similar names: Lina · Zena · Inayah · Sabina · Arizona · Lenna

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