Arinna
Arinna was the major cult center of the Hittite sun-goddess known as dUTU URUArinna or "Sun-Goddess of Arinna", who is also sometimes identified as Arinniti or as Wuru(n)šemu. Arinna was located near Hattusa, the Hittite capital.
Meaning & Origin of Arinna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arinna was the major cult center of the Hittite sun-goddess known as dUTU URUArinna or "Sun-Goddess of Arinna", who is also sometimes identified as Arinniti or as Wuru(n)šemu. Arinna was located near Hattusa, the Hittite capital.
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The Story of Arinna
American parents first put Arinna on the record books as a baby girl name in 2002, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 6 Arinnas were born — ranking #14,962 that year. About 52% of every Arinna on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Arinna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 23 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Arinna
Arinna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 23 births in the dataset. Arinna's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #14,962. Use the chart and map above to compare Arinna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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