| Aina | |
| Pronunciation: | /eye/-/na/,/ahyi-na/, |
| Gender: | Female or male |
| Region: | Japan, Latvia, Finland, Scandinavia, Bangladesh, Madagascar |
| Related Names: | Ainārs, Aino, Ain |
| Name Day: | Spain: July 26 Finland: May 10 Latvia: October 8[1] Sweden: June 13 |
Aina is a given name that is found in multiple cultures. It is typically a female name in Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Valencian Country, Bangladesh, Philippines, Finland, and Scandinavia, also in Madagascar, and a male or female name in Yoruba in Nigeria, Benin and Togo. Aina is a variant of Aino in Finland, and means "the only one."[2] In Latvia, the name Aina means "view, sight", and is a variant of the male name Ainārs. In Japan, the name means "love, affection".[3] In India and Bangladesh, Aina is the Hindi and Bengali word for "mirror." In the Arabic language Aina is derived from the word "Ain" meaning "eyes". In Hawaiian it literally means "that which feeds" it can also means "country". In Malagasy the word means "life".