User comments for Drina (Meaning / History Only)

Given Name DRINA

GENDER: Feminine

USAGE: English (Rare)

PRONOUNCED: DREE-nə

CONTRIBUTOR: anonymous on 11/1/2016

Meaning & History

Diminutive form of Alexandrina. [noted -ed]

In Serbia and Bosnia, mostly among Serbs, this name comes from the name of the beautiful river Drina that stretches along the border between these two ex-Yugoslavia countries.

Drina is Serbian river between Serbia and Bosnia. It can't be English name.
Robert Nero gave that name to his daugther because of the Serbian beautiful river.

Drina is also short for Alexandrina. Queen Victoria was called Drina as a child.