I was browsing the other day, and started to think about -ina names--Nina, of course, Tina, Rina..which leads to Rita, oh, and Riya and Priya and Pia....I wonder just how many there are?
(and unless stated, these are all feminine)
- Bia (Portuguese)
- Diya (Arabic) [masculine]
- Fia (Scandinavian)
- Fria (Scandinavian)
- Gia (English)
- Kia (Scandinavian)
- Lia (Italian, Portuguese)
- Mia (English, German, Scandinavian)
- Nia (Welsh)
- Pia (German, Latin, Polish, Scandinavian, Spanish....)
- Priya (Hindi)
- Rhea (English)
- Ria (German, Scandinavian)
- Riya (Hindi)
- Sia (Scandinavian)
- Thea (English)
- Tia (English)
- Ziya (Arabic) [masculine]
- Bina (German, Scandinavian)
- Crina (Romanian)
- Dina (Italian, Scandinavian)
- Fina (Italian, Scandinavian)
- Gina (English, Italian, Scandinavian)
- Hina (Japanese)
- Ina (everywhere with Latinate/Latinized names)
- Kina (Swedish)
- Lina (everywhere!) [multiple derivations]
- Mina Dutch, English, French, German)
- Nina (almost everywhere) [multiple derivations]
- Rina (Dutch, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese) [multiple derivations]
- Sina (Scandinavian)
- Stina (Scandinavian)
- Tina (Dutch, English, Italian)
- Trina (English, Scandinavian)
- Vina (Hindi)
- Zina (Russian)
- Brita (Scandinavian)
- Chita (Spanish)
- Dita (Albanian, Czech, Dutch, English, German, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
- Gita (Croatian, Hindi, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
- Lita (English)
- Nita (English, Scandinavian)
- Rita (everywhere with Latinate/Latinized names)
- Sita (Hindi, Scandinavian) [multple derivations]
- Vita (Croatian, Italian, Dutch, Scandinavian)
- Zita (Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese)
I have spent a few days (literally) reading your blog. I have been trying to find contact info so I can email you directly. I love how thoroughly you research and I am pregnant with my 3rd and am having terrible trouble getting my husband to agree on a name. I was wondering if you'd be open to me emailing you and maybe tossing some name ideas back and forth??
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