Aina (given name)

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| name = Aina

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| pronunciation=/eye/-/na/,/ahyi-na/,

| gender = Female or male

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| region = Japan, Latvia, Finland, Scandinavia, Bangladesh, Madagascar

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| related names = Ainārs, Aino, Ain

| name day = Spain: July 26
Finland: May 10
Latvia: October 8{{cite web|url=http://www.vardadienas.lv/ |author=vardadienas.lv |title=Oktobris |website=vardadienas.lv |accessdate=12 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708151916/http://www.vardadienas.lv/ |archivedate=8 July 2015 }}
Sweden: June 13

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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."Behind the Name. [http://www.behindthename.com/name/aina-1 "Given Name Aina 1"]. Retrieved on 8 January 2016. In Latvia, the name Aina means "view, sight", and is a variant of the male name Ainārs.{{cn|date=June 2020}} In Japan, the name means "love, affection".Behind the Name. [http://www.behindthename.com/name/aina-3 "Given Name Aina 3"]. Retrieved on 8 January 2016. 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".