Aina
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Finnish Aina, first recorded as a name of Swedish speaking Finns in 1839, in Sweden in 1845.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Aina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Aina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 16 |
| 2005 | 12 |
| 2006 | 15 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 15 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 15 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 10,933 |
| 2000 | 10,486 |
| 2001 | 10,023 |
| 2002 | 9,566 |
| 2003 | 9,133 |
| 2004 | 8,705 |
| 2005 | 8,288 |
| 2006 | 7,897 |
| 2007 | 7,512 |
| 2008 | 7,158 |
| 2009 | 6,786 |
| 2010 | 6,467 |
| 2011 | 6,132 |
| 2012 | 5,781 |
| 2013 | 5,470 |
| 2014 | 5,188 |
| 2015 | 4,906 |
| 2016 | 4,613 |
| 2017 | 4,389 |
| 2018 | 4,132 |
| 2019 | 3,883 |
| 2020 | 3,612 |
Aina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Aina.Hi! My name is Aina.
- Aina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Aina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Aina kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Aina is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ainas mamma är lärare.Aina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ainas mamma is Aina's mum.
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Questions about Aina
How do you pronounce Aina in Swedish?
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What does the name Aina mean?
Borrowed from Finnish Aina, first recorded as a name of Swedish speaking Finns in 1839, in Sweden in 1845.
How popular is Aina in Sweden?
5 babies were named Aina in 2022. In 2020, 3,612 people in Sweden had Aina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2004 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.