Meanings
Ina1
- A female given name from Latin.
Miss Ina Claire tells me that half her acquaintances call her "Eenah" and the other half "Eynah". She answers docilely to either.
1935, Winthrop Ames, What Shall We Name the Baby?, New York: Simon and Schuster, page 181 more example
The eldest, originally called Christina in spite of her Jewish father's protests, eventually had her name sliced in half. "Stop sulking, Abe," Aurora commanded. "From now on she's plain Ina without the Christ." So poor Ina grew up with only half a handle, and when the second child was born a year later matters were made worse because this time Aurora insisted on "Inamorata". Abraham protested again: "People will confuse," he said plaintively. "And this Ina-more it is like saying she is Ina-plus."
1995, Salman Rushdie, The Moor's Last Sigh, →ISBN, page 139
INA2
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of information not available.
- USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Immigration and Nationality Act.
Surely, Defendants do not mean to suggest that they have wholesale erased the substantive and procedural protections of the INA in one fell swoop by dropping those individuals in CECOT without recourse.
2025 April 6, “KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, et al. v. KRISTI NOEM, Secretary, United States Department of Homeland Security, et al.”, in United States District Court for the District of Maryland, page 11
Origin
Short form of given names ending in -ina, e.g. Georgina, Christina, Wilhelmina.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish Ina
- Inafemale given name
Finnish Iina
- Iinafemale given name
Latvian Ina
- Inafemale given name
Lithuanian Ina
- Inafemale given name
Norwegian Ine, Ina
- Inefemale given name
- Inafemale given name
Swedish Ina
- Inafemale given name
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
Ina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ina
“Ina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ina. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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