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Meaning of the nameArina

Arina is a female name that Behind the Name records as a Russian variant of Irina, a name that comes from the Greek Eirene, 'peace'.

Meaning

“peace (Russian variant of Irina, from Greek Eirene)”

Source: Wiktionary: Irene

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People (2022)
1,091
Rank in Brazil
#7,780
Median age
44 years
2010 Census
1,444
people

Arina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Arina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (190 people).

1,080 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Arina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Arina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro2240.001%
Santa Catarina1500.002%
São Paulo1360.000%
Minas Gerais830.000%
Ceará610.001%
Paraná510.000%
Pará500.001%
Rio Grande do Sul440.000%
Bahia410.000%
Maranhão410.001%
Amazonas410.001%
Goiás260.000%
Rio Grande do Norte210.001%
Espírito Santo170.000%
Piauí160.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Arina

Behind the Name describes Arina (Арина) as a Russian variant of Irina, and Wiktionary, in its entry for Arina, derives it from the Russian Арина, a variant of Ирина (Irene). Irene comes from the Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē), 'peace', according to Wiktionary; the meaning is that of the base name. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the spellings Aryna and Harina. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,091 people named Arina, with a median age of 44. The name is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Arina · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Irina · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Irene · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Arina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Arina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Arina

What does the name Arina mean?

Arina means “peace (Russian variant of Irina, from Greek Eirene)”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Arina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,091 people with the first name Arina, which ranks it number 7,780 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Arina a boy's or a girl's name?

Arina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,080 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Arina?

Arina is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Arina most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Arina (150 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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