# Maina (name)

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**Maina** is a name with multiple independent origins.

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

It is an [Italian](/source/Italian_language) surname that belongs to the region of the [Italian Alps](/source/Italian_Alps), as well as a [Latvian language](/source/Latvian_language) [personal name](/source/Personal_name), descended from the [Finnish language](/source/Finnish_language) *Maini*.[1]

**Maina/Moyna/Mayna** is an [Assamese](/source/Assamese_language) nickname in India.[citation needed] Maina/Mena/Meena/Mina is an [Indian tribe](/source/Indian_tribe).[citation needed]

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

## Nigeria

- [Maina Maaji Lawan](/source/Maina_Maaji_Lawan) (born 1954), former Nigerian politician, CEO of Dansarki Farms
- [Adamu Maina Waziri](/source/Adamu_Maina_Waziri) (born 1952), Nigerian politician and Minister of Police Affairs
- [Hajiya Zainab Maina](/source/Hajiya_Zainab_Maina) (born 1948), Nigerian politician and Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development
- [Mohammed Maina](/source/Mohammed_Maina), Nigerian politician and former governor of Borno State

## Kenya

**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.

- [Charles Gitonga Maina](/source/Charles_Gitonga_Maina) (born 1976), Kenyan film actor and basketball player
- [Ephraim Maina](/source/Ephraim_Maina), Kenyan politician and Member of Parliament for Safina
- [Esther Wanjiru Maina](/source/Esther_Wanjiru_Maina) (born 1977), Kenyan long-distance runner and 1998 Commonwealth Games champion
- [James Maina Boi](/source/James_Maina_Boi) (1954–2004), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 1979 African champion
- [James Maina Kamau](/source/James_Maina_Kamau), Kenyan politician and Member of the National Assembly for the Party of National Unity
- [Joseph Maina Mungai](/source/Joseph_Maina_Mungai) (1932–2003), Kenyan medical academic and researcher
- [Leonard Mucheru Maina](/source/Leonard_Mucheru_Maina) (born 1978), Kenyan long-distance runner formerly competing for Bahrain
- [Maina wa Kinyatti](/source/Maina_wa_Kinyatti) (born bef. 1982), Kenyan Marxist historian and former political prisoner
- [Steve Maina](/source/Steve_Maina) (born 1970), Kenyan-born New Zealand Anglican bishop

## Others

- [Maina Gielgud](/source/Maina_Gielgud) (born 1945), British dancer and dance administrator
- [Maïna Kataki](/source/Ma%C3%AFna_Kataki) (1923–2011), French-Indian feminist author
- [Maina Sage](/source/Maina_Sage) (born 1975), French politician
- [Maina Sunuwar](/source/Murder_of_Maina_Sunuwar), Nepalese murder victim in 2004
- [Pete Maina](/source/Pete_Maina) (born 1963), American professional fisherman and personality
- [Anthony Maina Njoroge](/source/Anthony_Maina_Njoroge) (2000 – ), Kenyan academic and aspiring Civil Engineer and Computer Scientist.

## Notes

1. Balodis, Pauls (August 2009). [*Personal Names of Livonian Origin in Latvia: Past and Present*](http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10315/3615/icos23_105.pdf?sequence=1) (PDF). 23rd International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. Wolfgang Ahrens; Sheila Embleton; André Lapierre (eds.). Toronto, Canada: [York University](/source/York_University). p. 111. ISBN 978-1-55014-521-2. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

1. ["Mayna name with Arabic Calligraphy"](https://www.namearabic.com/en/product/free/mayna). Retrieved 2017-10-02.

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