Trina

Where Trina comes from

The dictionaries list Trina as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Katrina, from Ancient Greek — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,437 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1938
    Trina Robbins born
    American comic artist and comics historian
  3. 1970
    Peak, #172
    1,933 babies named Trina — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #265.
  5. 1983
    Trina Michaels born
    American pornographic actress
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Katrina, from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Trina Robbins · American comic artist and comics historian, 1938–2024
  • Trina Michaels · American pornographic actress, born 1983
  • Trina Jackson · American swimmer, born 1977
  • Trina Parks · American actress, vocalist, choreographer, dancer, born 1946
  • Trina McGee-Davis · American actress, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.