Behind the Name: Comments for the name Arina

Comments for ARINA:

This name was introduced by the famous Russian poet A.S.Pushkin as the name of his beloved grandmother who was at the same time his greatest inspirer.

-- m260743 12/28/2004

According to the Swedish Historical museum (Historiska museet) the name Arina is known in Sweden since the 13th century. That is about 400 years before Pushkin "invented it".

-- christinlindberg 7/27/2009

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