Meaning and Origin
What does the name Taina mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Nevada, U.S. says the name Taina is of Puerto Rican origin and means "Native Tainos from Puerto Rico meaning Morning Star/ pretty".
- A user from Iowa, U.S. says the name Taina is of Puerto Rican origin and means "Female taino, or native indigenous person of Puerto Rico".
- According to a user from the United States, the name Taina is of Puerto Rican origin and means "Female Taino indian. The Tainos were an Arawak subgroup and were the first native peoples encountered by Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean. The Caribs and Arawaks originated in the delta forests of Venezuela's Rio Orinoco. The Arawaks migrated from South America into the Caribbean islands after much warring with the Caribs. Those mountainous isles today are known as Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Puerto Rico etc".
- According to a user from Virginia, U.S., the name Taina is of Portuguese origin and means "Morning star (native)".
- A user from Massachusetts, U.S. says the name Taina is of Portuguese origin and means "Star, Taina is a native brazilian name".
- A user from Brazil says the name Taina is of Portuguese origin and means "'sun light that shines' in NATIVE INDIGENOUS BRAZILIAN language".
- A submission from Brazil says the name Taina means "Morning Star" and is of Portuguese origin.
- According to a user from Brazil, the name Taina means "Star".
- 2 people from Tennessee, U.S. agree the name Taina is of Spanish / Puerto Rican origin and means "Pretty".
- A submission from Finland says the name Taina means "In russian it means ' mystery'".
Eastern Finnish diminutive of the Russian cognate of Tatiana, identical with a dialectal form of taimi (“seedling”).
- A female given name.