Right now I’m loving names ending with the -ina sounds! Names like [name_f]Thomasina[/name_f], [name_f]Jessamina[/name_f], and [name_f]Willamina[/name_f]. What are your favorite names like these?
On my list I have…
[name_f]Antonina[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Kalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Malina[/name_f]
[name_f]Halina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Selina[/name_f]
[name_f]Zarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
Madalina
[name_f]Natalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Christina[/name_f] / [name_f]Kristina[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Faustina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Verena[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
just adding bettina, proserpina, josephina/josefina, delfina, prezzemolina, adelina, albertina, & celestina!
Karolina (Scandinavian) “Free Woman”
Marina (Latin) “Of the Sea”
Valentina (Latin) “Health & Strenth”
Máirína / Mairina (English from Irish) “Star of the Sea”
Aanasiina (Greenlandic) “God is Gracious”
Tatkavina (Inuit) Meaning Unknown
Alkina (Yawuru) “Moon”
Mahina (Hawai’ian Myth) “Moon”
Katalina (Spanish) “Pure”
Aytaliina (Yakut) Meaning Unknown
Alsephina / Alsefina (Arabic) “The Ship”
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f] ~ this is a family name!
[name_f]Alsephina[/name_f] & Alsefina
[name_f]Mina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Malena[/name_f]
[name_f]Serafina[/name_f]
Zeferina
Madalina
[name_f]Maddalena[/name_f] (I don’t know if -ena would be excepted for this or not)
[name_f]Galina[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelina[/name_f] / [name_f]Zelena[/name_f]
[name_f]Zerlina[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Bambalina[/name_f] ~ too cutesy for real life, but would be great for a character
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Cerrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Florentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelina[/name_f]
some of these I looked up
Georgina, Paulina, Opalina
[name_f]Carina[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Amina[/name_f]
[name_f]Melina[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephina[/name_f]
[name_f]Serina[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Halina[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
Apollonina
[name_f]Celestina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosina[/name_f]
I really love [name_f]Willamina[/name_f], [name_f]Katarina[/name_f], and [name_f]Delphina[/name_f].
[name_f]Alexandrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherina[/name_f]
[name_f]Constantina[/name_f]
[name_f]Augustina[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]
[name_f]Arthurina[/name_f]
[name_f]Honorina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ursulina[/name_f]
Was just thinking of [name_f]Catalina[/name_f]. Also [name_f]Kalina[/name_f], which has a different vibe than the others
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Avelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Olina[/name_f]
[name_f]Gianinna[/name_f]
I only have a few on my list, although I like many others for other people. These are the ones on my list, though:
DeLina
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Karolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f] (even though it’s not ina, it sounds the same so I’m gonna count it)
[name_f]Paulina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rubina[/name_f]
@snowmaiden and @ethelmary have mentioned my current favourites of [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] and [name_f]Augustina[/name_f]. I wanted to drop in and say that I really like [name_f]Ena[/name_f] as a nn for these names or as a name in its own right. I saw [name_f]Ena[/name_f] on a gravestone once as first name.
on my list i have idalina, adamina, and polina!
I’ve been crushing on [name_f]Katharina[/name_f], [name_f]Sabina[/name_f], [name_f]Serafina[/name_f], [name_f]Carina[/name_f], [name_f]Catalina[/name_f], [name_f]Karolina[/name_f], [name_f]Delfina[/name_f], and… just [name_f]Ina[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
&
Caterina/ [name_f]Katerina[/name_f]
Gianina & Evelina are my top ones but also
Martina,Serafina, Adelina, Mahina
I tend to like the INE ending more for girls, but still here’s some I like:
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Agrippina[/name_f]
[name_f]Albertina[/name_f]
[name_f]Albina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aleksandrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alfonsina[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonina[/name_f]
[name_f]Augustina[/name_f]
[name_f]Avelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
[name_f]Brina[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Caterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Cesarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Constantina[/name_f]
[name_f]Corrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Edina[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ekaterina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ernestina[/name_f]
[name_f]Faustina[/name_f]
[name_f]Fina[/name_f]
[name_f]Galina[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Jacobina[/name_f]
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f]
Leontina
[name_f]Marcelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Mina[/name_f]
Orsina
[name_f]Proserpina[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Yekaterina[/name_f]