Entry № 0828 · Italian origin

Fina Fina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Italian saint (the violet of San Gimignano)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "italian saint (the violet of san gimignano)".

Fina is the Italian short form of Serafina ("burning one"). **Saint Fina (1238-1253)** was the bedridden Italian mystic of **San Gimignano** who, when she died at fifteen, made white violets bloom on her wooden plank-bed. The violets of San Gimignano are still called "Saint Fina's flowers."

Featured in Ghirlandaio's frescoes in the Collegiate Church.

Italian saint whose plank-bed bloomed with violets when she died.

The name in its native script.

Fina
Transliteration
Fina
Pronunciation
/ ˈfiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Fina stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Fina · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Finas before her.

Real people
Saint Fina
Italian mystic of San Gimignano.
1238 – 1253
In fiction
Fina
Subject of Ghirlandaio's frescoes.
1475

Names connected to Fina.

The number behind Fina.

4

The Builder

Fina reduces to four — the number of San Gimignano saint.

Why families chose this name.

"San Gimignano saint. Four letters. Fina."
Sofia · Mother of one · Tuscany