Hina
Hina is a girl name of Japanese origin, ranked #94 in popularity, meaning Sun, light.
What Hina means
Sun, light.
Hina is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Hina comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Hina is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Hina?
Hina is ranked #94, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Hina
The thread we file Hina under is light and brightness — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Light
Names like Hina
These share Hina's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Hotaru — Firefly.
- Mei — Sprout; bright.
- Azuki — Shine.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Hikaru — Light, radiance.
- Naoki — Radiance.
- Okaru — Lightly.
- Akira — Bright, clear.
- Haru — Spring; sunlight.
- Haruki — Shining brightly; spring child.