Maina

See also: maina

English

Proper noun

Maina (plural Mainas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maina is the 23185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1100 individuals. Maina is most common among Black/African American (77.73%) and White (15.73%) individuals.

Anagrams

• -mania, Amina, Mania, amain, amnia, anima, mania

Hausa

Etymology

From mainà (“prince”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mái.nà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [méi.nə̀]

Proper noun

Mainà m

1. a male given name

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maìnǎ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2.

Proper noun

Maina

1. name of one of the ruling generation-sets (mariika); the other is Mwangi.