Trina (name)

Trina is a common female first name of Scandinavian origin. The name is based on the Latin word for "triple", Trena.

Trina

Pronunciation	tree nuh
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Scandinavian
Meaning	pure
Other names
Variant form(s)	Katrina Catherine Katherine

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.

People named Trina

• 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

• 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

• Treena Livingston Arinzeh (born 1970), American academic
• Treena Lahey, a character from Trailer Park Boys