Ina
Meaning and origin
Short form of names ending in -ina, such as Sabina, Severina, and of Inez. First recorded in Sweden in 1836.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ina has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. 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 | 19 |
| 1999 | 29 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2001 | 20 |
| 2002 | 18 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 26 |
| 2005 | 26 |
| 2006 | 21 |
| 2007 | 27 |
| 2008 | 26 |
| 2009 | 21 |
| 2010 | 20 |
| 2011 | 19 |
| 2012 | 11 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 12 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2016 | 12 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2018 | 26 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 29 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 978 |
| 2000 | 994 |
| 2001 | 1,009 |
| 2002 | 1,016 |
| 2003 | 1,031 |
| 2004 | 1,054 |
| 2005 | 1,084 |
| 2006 | 1,109 |
| 2007 | 1,143 |
| 2008 | 1,168 |
| 2009 | 1,182 |
| 2010 | 1,213 |
| 2011 | 1,235 |
| 2012 | 1,236 |
| 2013 | 1,226 |
| 2014 | 1,248 |
| 2015 | 1,266 |
| 2016 | 1,285 |
| 2017 | 1,299 |
| 2018 | 1,332 |
| 2019 | 1,366 |
| 2020 | 1,383 |
Ina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ina.Hi! My name is Ina.
- Ina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Ina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Ina i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ina this afternoon.
- Inas mamma är lärare.Ina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Inas mamma is Ina's mum.
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Questions about Ina
How do you pronounce Ina in Swedish?
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What does the name Ina mean?
Short form of names ending in -ina, such as Sabina, Severina, and of Inez. First recorded in Sweden in 1836.
How popular is Ina in Sweden?
29 babies were named Ina in 2022. In 2020, 1,383 people in Sweden had Ina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 1999 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.