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Japanese given name

Aina

あいな

Female-classified given-name records.

あいなアイナAina
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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings61

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows61

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Aina

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingあいな

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formアイナ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationAina

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Aina. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationあ · い · な

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Reading profile

How Aina is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings1

あいな

Kanji-based spellings60

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms35

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms24

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

あいな in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms61

61 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 61

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
あいなAina6161 source rowsfemale 61source rows · distinct forms: female 6122 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Aina

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data60

11–35 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms60

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
あいなAina361
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
衣菜8 analyzed forms衣奈6 analyzed forms依奈3 analyzed forms亜衣3 analyzed forms唯奈2 analyzed forms愛衣2 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

26 of 61 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked61

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings26

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading35

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set23

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not currently meet the canonical publication standard. Strong reference pages do not promote limited records merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Aina spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
愛love, affection, favourite232300013あ, あし, え, かな +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
菜vegetable, side dish, greens160160011ようJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
奈Nara, what?16016008—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
衣garment, clothes, dressing15001506—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
藍indigo9900018—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
和harmony, Japanese style, peace752008あい, いず, かず, かつ +13Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
亜Asia, rank next, come after660007や, つぎ, つぐJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
明bright, light440008あきら, あけ, あす, きら +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
依reliant, depend on, consequently300308よ, よりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
凪lull, calm, (kokuji)303006—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
那what?303007とも, やすJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
伊Italy, that one200206これ, ただ, よし, いと +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

あいな

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ainaあいな · this page
Characters in order
あKanaいKanaなKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 61. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Aina spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

愛love, affection, favourite23 of 61 analyzed forms菜vegetable, side dish, greens16 of 61 analyzed forms奈Nara, what?16 of 61 analyzed forms衣garment, clothes, dressing15 of 61 analyzed forms藍indigo9 of 61 analyzed forms和harmony, Japanese style, peace7 of 61 analyzed forms亜Asia, rank next, come after6 of 61 analyzed forms明bright, light4 of 61 analyzed forms依reliant, depend on, consequently3 of 61 analyzed forms凪lull, calm, (kokuji)3 of 61 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Aina

61 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あいな. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

あいな

あいな · Aina

Katakana アイナMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

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Spelling comparator

Compare Aina forms side by side

Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
あいなあいなKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
あい菜あいな菜 — vegetable, side dish11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜伊菜あいな亜 — Asia, rank next · 伊 — Italy, that one · 菜 — vegetable, side dish24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜依奈あいな亜 — Asia, rank next · 依 — reliant, depend on · 奈 — Nara, what?23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜唯奈あいな亜 — Asia, rank next · 唯 — solely, only · 奈 — Nara, what?26All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜衣南あいな亜 — Asia, rank next · 衣 — garment, clothes · 南 — south22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜衣奈あいな亜 — Asia, rank next · 衣 — garment, clothes · 奈 — Nara, what?21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜衣菜あいな亜 — Asia, rank next · 衣 — garment, clothes · 菜 — vegetable, side dish24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
和凪あいな和 — harmony, Japanese style · 凪 — lull, calm14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
和奈あいな和 — harmony, Japanese style · 奈 — Nara, what?16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
和花あいな和 — harmony, Japanese style · 花 — flower15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
和菜あいな和 — harmony, Japanese style · 菜 — vegetable, side dish19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
和衣菜あいな和 — harmony, Japanese style · 衣 — garment, clothes · 菜 — vegetable, side dish25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
哀無あいな哀 — pathetic, grief · 無 — nothingness, none21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
彩衣奈あいな彩 — coloring, paint · 衣 — garment, clothes · 奈 — Nara, what?25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
愛一菜あいな愛 — love, affection · 一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 菜 — vegetable, side dish25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Aina mean?

There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.

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Exact reading

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A / あ

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愛 — love, affection

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菜 — vegetable, side dish

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Evidence on this page

What each source establishes

JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.

JMnedictChecked 17 Sep 2026Active data built 16 Sep 2026Stored status: downloaded
KANJIDIC2Checked 17 Sep 2026Active data built 17 Sep 2026
Japan Ministry of Justice — characters usable in children’s namesChecked 17 Sep 2026
Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs — Romanization Rules (2025)Checked 17 Sep 2026
Source boundary

The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.

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