Name Ine
Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 稲 (kanji), イ子 (kanji/katakana), いね (hiragana), イネ (katakana)
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Meaning & History
This name can be used as 稲 (te, tou, ina-, ine) meaning "rice plant" or イ子 with イ representing the phonetic character for 'i' and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, ne) meaning "sign of the rat (first sign of Chinese zodiac)."It was uncommon in the Edo period (1603-1868) and the uncommonness of Ine continues all the way into the Taishō period (1912-1926).