Inna (Инна) is a European given name. It was the name of an early East Orthodox male martyr (see :ru:Инна, Пинна и Римма), but is currently used as a feminine name only.MN Weekly (Russia) Moscow News Weekly Retrieved on May 18, 2008 In ancient Greece, the name Ἴννα (Inna) is also attestedLexicon of Greek Personal Names, Oxford (probably from ἴννην innen, meaning "little girl"ἴννην, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, at Perseus Digital Library), however a connection with the Russian Inna has not been confirmed.
People named Inna Inna (born Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu, 1986), Romanian singer Inna Bulkina (1963–2021), Ukrainian literary critic, writer and editor Inna Braverman, Israeli entrepreneur and businesswoman Inna Brayer, amateur ballroom dancer Inna Churikova (born 1943), Soviet and Russian actress Inna Derusova (1970–2022), Ukrainian military medic Inna Dorofeieva (born 1965), Ukrainian ballerina Inna Gaponenko (born 1976), Ukrainian chess player Inna Gliznuta (born 1973), Moldovan Olympic high jumper Inna Lisnyanskaya, Armenian Orthodox and Jewish Russian poet from USSR, later Russia Inna Meiman-Kitrossky (1932–1987), refusenik Inna Modja (born 1984), Malian-French female singer and model Inna Mozhevitina (born 1985), Kazakh biathlete Inna Nedelkina (born 2004), Belarusian canoeist Inna Osypenko-Radomska (born 1982), Ukrainian/Azerbaijani sprint kayaker Inna Palacios (born 1994), Filipino football player Inna Poluškina (born 1984), Latvian long-distance runner Inna Solovyova (1927–2024), Russian theatre and film critic Inna Sovsun (born 1984), Ukrainian professor and politician Inna Tumanyan (1929–2005), Soviet-Armenian film director Inna Vernikov (born 1984), American politician Inna Volyanskaya (1965–2025), Soviet pair skater Inna Yaitskaya (born 1979), Russian Olympic swimmer Inna Yoffe (born 1988), Israeli Olympic synchronized swimmer Inna Zhukova (born 1986), Belarusian Olympic rhythmic gymnast Inna Zubkovskaya (1923–2001), Soviet and Russian ballerina Inna Shevchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian feminist activist and leader of international women's movement FEMEN
See also Inna (disambiguation)
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