Ina

Ina originated as a short form of longer names ending in the suffix -ina, such as Katharina, Christina, or Wilhelmina, and is used across Germanic and Scandinavian languages as well as Slovene and Latvian. The suffix itself derives from Latin -ina, a common feminine diminutive ending attached to names of Latin, Greek, and Germanic origin. Ina gained independent use as a given name in the nineteenth century, carried in part by Irish poet and nationalist Ina Coolbrith, who became California's first poet laureate. Related forms include Ena, Ine, and the fuller names from which it is drawn.