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Maina (name)

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Maina is a name with multiple independent origins.

Maina is a name of age sets among some East African communities (mostly Bantu). To a lesser extent it is used as a name among the Abagusii (or Bantu Kosova) ethnic group.[citation needed]

It is an Italian surname that belongs to the region of the Italian Alps, as well as a Latvian language personal name, descended from the Finnish language Maini.[1]

Maina/Moyna/Mayna is an Assamese nickname in India.[citation needed] Maina/Mena/Meena/Mina is an Indian tribe.[citation needed]

In the Philippines, girls born on the first of May are sometimes named Mayna.[2]

Nigeria

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  • Maina Maaji Lawan (born 1954), former Nigerian politician, CEO of Dansarki Farms
  • Adamu Maina Waziri (born 1952), Nigerian politician and Minister of Police Affairs
  • Hajiya Zainab Maina (born 1948), Nigerian politician and Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development
  • Mohammed Maina, Nigerian politician and former governor of Borno State

Kenya

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Maina is a name of Kenyan origin that in line with Kikuyu customs is linked to a certain age group or age set among the maasai community.

Others

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Notes

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  1. ^ Balodis, Pauls (August 2009). "Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present" (PDF). In Wolfgang Ahrens; Sheila Embleton; André Lapierre (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. Toronto, Canada: York University. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-55014-521-2. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Mayna name with Arabic Calligraphy". Retrieved 2 October 2017.