Ina

Ina May Gaskin is a famous midwife and author. She has a marvelous book out called Spiritual Midwifery.

Ina Benita (1 March 1912 – 9 September 1984) was a popular Polish actress of the interwar period. She was born Inna Florow-Bulhak in Kiev, then part of the Russian Empire. Her father was Mikołaj Gerwazy Bułhak and her mother was Helena Jeszczenko. Both of Benita's parents considered themselves Poles and were going to move to Cracow, but when World War I broke out their plans were delayed.

Ina Lu (Chinese name: 呂怡慧), born 1982 in Taiwan, is a South African Chinese beauty from Johannesburg. She was Miss Chinese International 2006. Instead of taking an offer to join the Hong Kong entertainment industry right away by signing with TVB, Ina returned to Johannesburg to continue her studies.

Ina Claire (born Ina Fagan, October 15, 1893 – February 21, 1985) was an American stage and film actress. She made her film debut in Cecil B. DeMille's "The Wild Goose Chase" (1915). She is best remembered today for her role as the Grand Duchess Swana in the romantic comedy "Ninotchka" (1939), directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo.

Ina Césaire (born in 1942 in Martinique) is a Martinican playwright and ethnographer. In her 1981 article "Littérature orale et contes," she discusses how Caribbean story tales are true "révélateur" of that [Caribbean] spirit and affirms that the role of Caribbean folktale is to represent the culture.

Ina Rama (born 21 November 1972 in Durrës) was the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Albania from 2007 to 2012. She was appointed in 2007, to replace Theodhori Sollaku, who had been removed from office through a procedure later ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Albania. Nevertheless, Rama was not removed from office in order to restore Sollaku.

Ina Donna Coolbrith (March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of California", she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state.

Dr. Ina Chan (born 1 March 1953), also known as Ina Chan Un Chan, is a businesswoman and philanthropist in Hong Kong. She is the Chairman of UNIR (HK) Management Limited which manages a diverse investment portfolio consisting mainly of hospitality, realty, leisure, retail and transportation businesses.

This name reminds me of the lovely film, television and stage actress Ina Balin. Ina pronounced with the long I: eye•na.

Singer Anita Carter went by her middle name; her first name was actually Ina (pronounced with a long "i.")

Ina Garten: Chef/Host of Food Network show Barefoot Contessa.