Ina began as a short form of names ending in -ina, such as Christina, Georgina and Wilhelmina, and so has no single meaning of its own; it is usually glossed as "little one" after the diminutive ending it comes from. The name was common in the late 19th century and today Americans know it from the cookbook author Ina Garten. In the United States Ina ranked number 3419 in 2000, moved between the 2600s and 3900s in the last decade and stood at number 2627 in 2025 with 66 girls.