Inna (given name)
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Russian |
| Region of origin | Russia |
Inna (Инна) is a Russian given name. It was the name of an early East Orthodox male martyr (see ru:Инна, Пинна и Римма), but is currently used as a feminine name only.[1] Inna was the fourth most popular name given to baby girls born in Moscow, Russia in 2007.[2] In ancient Greece, the name Ἴννα (Inna) is also attested[3] (probably from ἴννην innen, meaning "little girl"[4]), however a connection with the Russian Inna has not been confirmed. [citation needed]
People named Inna
- Inna Churikova (born 1943), Soviet and Russian actress
- Inna Gaponenko (born 1976), Ukrainian chess player
- Inna Gliznuta (born 1973), Moldovan high jumper
- Inna Modja (born 1984), Malian-French female singer and model
- Inna Mozhevitina (born 1985), Kazakh biathlete
- Inna Osypenko-Radomska (born 1982), Ukrainian/Azerbaijani sprint kayaker
- Inna Palacios (born 1994), Filipino football player
- Inna Poluškina (born 1984), Latvian long-distance runner
- Inna Tumanyan (1929-2005), Soviet-Armenian film director
- Inna Yaitskaya (born 1979), Russian swimmer
- Inna Yoffe (born 1988), Israeli olympic synchronized swimmer
- Inna Zhukova (born 1986), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
- Inna (singer) (born 1986), Romanian singer
See also
References
- ^ 20knames.com
- ^ MN Weekly (Russia) Moscow News Weekly Retrieved on May 18, 2008
- ^ Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, Oxford
- ^ ἴννην, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, at Perseus Digital Library