Ladina as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ladina

What is the meaning of the name Ladina ?

The baby name Ladina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced la-DEE-na (IPA: /laˈdiːna/; English approximation: luh-DEE-nuh /ləˈdiːnə/).

Ladina is Roman in Origin.

Ladina is a feminine given name from the Rhaeto-Romance sphere (Romansh and Dolomite Ladin). It is the feminine of Ladin, an ethnonym meaning “Latin/Romance-speaking person,” ultimately from Latin Latinus “of Latium; Roman.” As a name it carries the sense “Latin woman,” sometimes interpreted locally as “woman of the Romansh/Ladin people.” Common pronunciations include la-DEE-na in Swiss German contexts and la-DI-na in Italian/Ladin areas.

Use of Ladina is centered in Switzerland’s canton of Graubünden and in Ladin valleys of northern Italy, appearing in civil records from the 20th century and rising steadily since the 1980s; it remains uncommon outside these regions but is increasingly familiar in German-speaking Europe. Variants and cognates include Latina (Italian/Spanish), Latinka (Slavic), and the masculine Ladin; short forms and nicknames include Dina, Ina, and Ladi.