Girl name · Japanese
Hina
Name meaning, origin and popularity
: sun and greens (depends on characters)Hina is a girl's name that comes from Japanese and means "sun and greens (depends on characters)". It is used in Japanese.
- Meaning
- Sun and greens (depends on characters)
- Origin
- Japanese
- Gender
- Girl
- US rank
- #4490 in 2025
Meaning and origin of Hina
As a girl's name, Hina comes from Japanese and means "sun and greens (depends on characters)". It is used in Japanese.
Its meaning puts Hina on our names that mean sun list.
Meanings come from published name dictionaries, led by Behind the Name. How we research names
How to write Hina in Japanese
In hiragana, Hina is ひな. Below is a kanji spelling used for the name, with what each kanji means. Parents can choose other kanji, and each choice gives the name its own meaning.
| Kanji | Reading | What the kanji mean |
|---|---|---|
| 陽菜 | ひな | 陽 sun, sunshine + 菜 greens |
Kanji and readings from the JMnedict and KANJIDIC2 dictionaries (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), checked by our editors.
Hina on Nomezo lists
What our editors wrote about Hina on 5 lists.
“陽菜: sun and greens. Sunny and popular”
From Anime girl names, popular modern anime girl names
“Polynesian goddess linked to the moon”
From Goddess names, goddess names from Africa, the Americas, Polynesia and beyond
“Sun and greens; ranked sixth among girl kanji in 2025.”
From Japanese girl names, popular Japanese girl names in 2025
“A Polynesian goddess linked to the moon, from a word for gray or silver”
From Names that mean moon, moon goddesses and moon gods
“Sun and greens, written 陽菜; Japanese”
From Names that mean sun, sun names for girls
How popular is Hina?
- US rank in 2025
- #4,490
- 31 babies, 19 per million girls
- Best rank
- #4,490 in 2025
- 31 babies that year
- Babies since 1973
- At least 744
- Years with under 5 are not listed
| 1880s | 0 per million |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 0 per million |
| 1900s | 0 per million |
| 1910s | 0 per million |
| 1920s | 0 per million |
| 1930s | 0 per million |
| 1940s | 0 per million |
| 1950s | 0 per million |
| 1960s | 0 per million |
| 1970s | 2 per million |
| 1980s | 8 per million |
| 1990s | 10 per million |
| 2000s | 9 per million |
| 2010s | 6 per million |
| 2020s | 12 per million |
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #12,187 | #14,798 | #8,831 | #6,529 | #7,709 | #9,836 | #7,096 | #6,045 | #4,704 | #4,490 |
Source: US Social Security Administration baby-name data, 1880 to 2025, as published in 2026. Each spelling is counted separately, a name given to fewer than 5 babies of one sex in a year is left out, and few people born before 1937 have records, which is why the chart shows babies per million rather than raw counts.
Names spelled like Hina
One or two letters apart, but from a different root: they look alike without sharing a meaning.
- HanaFlower in Japanese; one in Korean (Japanese and Korean, girl)
- HibaGift, present (Arabic, girl)
- HilaHalo, aura (Hebrew, girl)
- HiraThe cave of the first revelation (Arabic, girl)
- HildaBattle, combat (Germanic, girl)
- HannaFavor, grace (Hebrew, girl)
- HilalCrescent moon (Arabic, unisex)
- HildBattle (Old Norse, girl)
- HalaHalo around the moon (Arabic, girl)
Names with a similar meaning
- AftabSunshine, the sun (Persian, boy)
- HeliodoraGift of the sun (Greek, girl)
- HeliodoroGift of the sun (Greek, boy)
- SamsonSun (Hebrew, boy)
- ShamsSun (Arabic, unisex)
- ShamsuddinSun of the faith (Arabic, boy)
- SolSun (Latin, girl)
- SoleilSun (French, girl)
- SundayDay of the sun (Old English, unisex)
- AchiengBorn when the sun shines (Luo, girl)
Middle names for Hina
Picked from our middle-name lists with a different first letter and a longer length, so the full name flows.
More girl names from Japanese
- AiLove; indigo (depends on characters) (Japanese, girl)
- AikoBeloved child (depends on characters) (Japanese, girl)
- AimiLove and beauty, written 愛美 (Japanese, girl)
- AkaneDeep red, madder (Japanese, girl)
- AkariLamplight (depends on characters) (Japanese, girl)
- AkemiBright beauty (Japanese, girl)
- AkiSecond and hope, written 亜希 (Japanese, girl)
- AkikoBright child; autumn child (depends on characters) (Japanese, girl)
- AkiraBright, clear (depends on characters) (Japanese, unisex)
- AmaneHeavenly sound (depends on characters) (Japanese, unisex)
Hina: common questions
What does the name Hina mean?
Hina comes from Japanese and means "sun and greens (depends on characters)".
Is Hina a boy or girl name?
Hina is mainly a girl's name.
Where does the name Hina come from?
Hina comes from Japanese and means "sun and greens (depends on characters)". Today it is used in Japanese.
How do you write Hina in Japanese?
Hina is written ひな in hiragana. Kanji spellings include 陽菜 (sun + greens). The kanji parents choose decide what the name means.
How popular is the name Hina?
Hina ranked #4,490 in the US in 2025, with 31 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.
What names are similar to Hina?
Names spelled like Hina include Hana, Hiba, Hila, Hira and Hilda.
What middle names go with Hina?
Middle names that flow well with Hina include Aoife, Cosima, Faith, Grace and Louise. A different first letter and a contrasting length usually sound best.