Trina is a common

female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

first name First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared an ...

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n origin. The name is based on the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

word for "triple", Trena. Trina is often used as a shortened version of names such as Katrina. In

dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

, it is used as a term referring to a ballerina in training.

People named Trina

Trina Katrina Laverne Kearse (née Taylor; born December 3, 1974), is an American rapper. She rose to prominence in the late 1990s for her collaborations with Trick Daddy on the singles " Nann Nigga", " Shut Up", and " Take It to da House". In 2000, ...

(born 1974), American rapper, born Katrina Taylor *

Trina Belamide Katrina "Trina" Belamide is a Filipino songwriter and record producer. According to the ''Manila Times'' she has written songs for most of the Philippines' top recording artists. Career Belamide began taking piano lessons at age 8 and started ...

, a Filipino songwriter and record producer * Trina Braxton (born 1974), American singer, actress and reality television personality *

Trina Davis Trina Rochelle Davis (born 6 September 2001) is a professional Women's association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for the club Puerto Rico Sol FC (women), Puerto Rico Sol. Born in the United States, s ...

(born 2001), American-born Fijian women's footballer *

Trina Gulliver Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver (born 30 November 1969) is an English professional darts player. She is the 10-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Her nickname is Golden Girl and in 2003, she was ...

(born 1969), 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 (born 1977), American freestyle swimmer who won an olympic gold medal *

Trina McGee Trina McGee (born ; formerly known as Trina McGee-Davis) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Angela Moore on the ABC-TV sitcom ''Boy Meets World''. Early life McGee attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. for a time ...

(born 1969), American actress * Trina McQueen (born 1943), Canadian journalist and broadcasting executive * Trina Medina (born 1960), Venezuelan Salsa and Son singer, songwriter and music arranger *

Trina Nishimura Trina Marie Nishimura (born August 8, 1983) is an American voice-actress. She is most known for voicing Nadie in '' El Cazador de la Bruja'', Mikasa Ackerman in ''Attack on Titan'', Kyoka Jiro in ''My Hero Academia'', Francesca Lucchini in '' ...

(born 1983), American voice actress working with

Funimation Funimation was an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service. Launched in 2016, the service was one of the leading distributors of anime ...

* Trina Papisten (died 1701), Polish alleged witch * Trina Parks (born 1946), American actress, vocalist, choreographer, principal dancer and dance instructor *

Trina Pratt Trina Pratt (born August 30, 1986) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With Todd Gilles, she won four ISU Junior Grand Prix medals and the 2005 U.S. national junior title, and placed sixth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. Pratt ...

(born 1986), American former competitive ice dancer *

Trina Radke Katrina Diane Radke Gerry (born December 17, 1970) is a former competitive swimming (sport), swimmer who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Early life and career Radke was born December 17, 1970. S ...

(born 1970), American former competitive swimmer *

Trina Roache Trina Roache is a Mi'kmaq video journalist, educated at University of King's College. She has worked with CBC, as a freelancer and with APTN National News at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network covering the issues and stories of the Mi’kma ...

, a Mi'kmaq video journalist, *

Trina Robbins Trina Robbins ( Perlson; August 17, 1938 – April 10, 2024) was an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first women in the movement. She co-produced the 1970 underground comic '' I ...

(1938-2024), American cartoonist. *

Trina Schart Hyman Trina Schart Hyman (April 8, 1939 – November 19, 2004) was an American illustrator of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends. She won the 1985 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustra ...

(1939-2004), American illustrator *

Trina Shoemaker Kathryn "Trina" Shoemaker is an American record producer, sound engineer and mixer best known for her work with Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, The Wood Brothers, Charley Crockett, The Mountain Goats, Tanya Tucker, Turnp ...

(born 1965), a mixer, record producer and sound engineer *

Trina Vargo Trina Y. Vargo is the founder and President of the US-Ireland Alliance, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to educating Americans about Ireland and strengthening the relationship on the basis of education, culture and business. Vargo ...

, the founder and President of the US-Ireland Alliance *

Triinu Kivilaan Triinu Kivilaan (born 13 January 1989 in Viljandi, Estonia) is an Estonian vocalist and former model, best known as a former member of the popular girl group Vanilla Ninja. She had been modelling for several years when she replaced Maarja Kivi ...

(born 1989), Estonian vocalist and former model, previously a member of the band

Vanilla Ninja Vanilla Ninja is an Estonian all-female rock music, rock band which enjoyed chart success in a number of countries across Europe, especially in Estonia, Germany and Austria. The group formed in 2002 and released their self-titled debut album ' ...

* Trina Kirk, a Canadian country music artist *

Trina Saha Trina Saha Bhattacharya (née Saha; born 21 January 1993) is an Indian television actress. Saha started her career in television as a lead actress through Khokababu (TV series) portraying the character ''Tori''. She has acted in many Bengali m ...

(born 1993), Indian actress based in India.

Fictional

*Trina Echolls, a fictional recurring character portrayed by Alyson Hannigan, on the television series ''

Veronica Mars ''Veronica Mars'' is an American teen neo-noir Mystery fiction, mystery Drama (film and television), drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas (writer), Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional city, fictional town of Ne ...

'' *Trina Vega, played by Daniella Monet in the Nickelodeon show ''

Victorious ''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. The series revolves around aspi ...

'' *Trina, played by Terra Vnesa in the Canadian drama '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' *Trina Riffin, a fictional character from ''

Grojband ''Grojband'' (Blend word, portmanteau for "garage" and "band") is a Canadian animated television series created by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton for Teletoon in Canada and Cartoon Network in the United States. Produced by Fresh TV and Neptoon S ...

'' *Trina, a recurring antagonist from '' Big Hero 6: The Series'' voiced by

Christy Carlson Romano Christy Carlson Romano (born March 20, 1984) is an American actress, podcaster, and singer. On the Disney Channel, she played Ren Stevens on ''Even Stevens'' and voiced the titular character from ''Kim Possible''. Early life Romano was born o ...

*Trina (Taylor), a fictional long-distance swimmer played by Melora Walters in the 1994 comedy

Cabin Boy A cabin boy or ship's boy is a boy or young man who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship, especially running errands for the captain. The modern merchant navy successor to the cabin boy is the steward's assistant. Duties Cabin boys ...

*Trina Weisenbachfeld, a fictional character from the musical

Falsettos ''Falsettos'' is a sung-through musical theatre, musical with a book by William Finn and James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Finn. The musical consists of ''March of the Falsettos'' (1981) and ''Falsettoland'' (1990), the last two installment ...

She was played by Barbara Walsh in the show's original 1992 Broadway run, and Stephanie J. Block in the 2016 revival. *Trina Tightrope, from the american children's television show ''

JoJo's Circus ''JoJo's Circus'' is a stop-motion animated television series created by Jim Jinkins, David Campbell, Lisa Jinkins, and Eric Weiner and produced by the Canada-based Cuppa Coffee Studios and Cartoon Pizza. The series was written by Douglas Woo ...

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