Trina (name)
Pronunciation | tree nuh |
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Gender | female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Scandinavian |
Meaning | pure |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Katrina Catherine Katherine |
Trina is a common female first name of Scandinavian origin[citation needed]. The name is based on the Latin word for "triple", Trena.
Trina is often used as a shortened version of names such as Katrina.
In dance, it is used as a term referring to a ballerina in training.[citation needed]
People named Trina
[edit]- Trina, an American rapper, born Katrina Taylor
- Trina Belamide, a Filipino songwriter and record producer
- Trina Braxton, an American singer, actress and reality television personality
- Trina Davis, an American-born Fijian women's footballer
- Trina Gulliver, a female darts player, and ten-time ladies' world champion
- Trina Hamlin, an American folk-rock singer-songwriter
- Trina Hosmer (born 1945), American cross-country skier
- Trina Jackson, an American freestyle swimmer who won an olympic gold medal
- Trina McGee, an American actress
- Trina McQueen, a Canadian journalist and broadcasting executive
- Trina Medina, a Venezuelan Salsa and Son singer, songwriter and music arranger
- Trina Nishimura, an American voice actress working with Funimation
- Trina Papisten, a Polish alleged witch
- Trina Parks, an American actress, vocalist, choreographer, principal dancer and dance instructor
- Trina Pratt, an American former competitive ice dancer
- Trina Radke, an American former competitive swimmer
- Trina Roache, a Mi'kmaq video journalist,
- Trina Robbins, an American cartoonist.
- Trina Schart Hyman, an American illustrator
- Trina Shoemaker, a mixer, record producer and sound engineer
- Trina Vargo, the founder and President of the US-Ireland Alliance
- Triinu Kivilaan, an Estonian vocalist and former model, previously a member of the band Vanilla Ninja
- Trina Kirk, a Canadian country music artist
- Trina Saha, an actress based in India.
Fictional
[edit]- Trina Echolls, a fictional recurring character portrayed by Alyson Hannigan, on the television series Veronica Mars
- Trina Vega, played by Daniella Monet in the Nickelodeon show Victorious
- Trina, played by Terra Vnesa in the Canadian drama Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Trina Riffin, a fictional character from Grojband
- Trina, a recurring antagonist from Big Hero 6: The Series voiced by Christy Carlson Romano
- Trina (Taylor), a fictional long-distance swimmer played by Melora Walters in the 1994 comedy Cabin Boy
- Trina Mendel, a fictional character from the musical Falsettos She was played by Barbara Walsh in the show's original 1992 Broadway run, and Stephanie J. Block in the 2016 revival.
See also
[edit]- Treena Livingston Arinzeh (born 1970), American academic
- Treena Lahey, a character from Trailer Park Boys