What is "gaina"

Gaina or Gainan is a gotra ( clan) of Jats found in District Ajmer and Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India. Gaina Jats are also found in Marwar region of Rajasthan. They were rulers of some republics in Didwana area in Nagaur. Probably a group of Johiya Jats was known as Gaina. There is a village called Bardu in Didwana area in which a marble stone inscription bears a portrait of Jat chieftain named Kisna Ram Gaina, who has been shown carrying weapons side by side of statue of his wife Sati Rani. This inscription bears date as chaitra badi 6 samvat 1814 (1757 AD).

Gaina is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Carmen Gaina, geoscientist (Plate reconstruction), Geological Survey of Norway
• Silvestru Gaina, philosopher at the University of Czernowitz
• Valery Gaina, rock musician
• Vasile Gaina, theologian, professor, rector of Chernivtsi University

Gaina is an Indian clan of Jats.

Gaina may also refer to:

• Gaina (name), a Romanian family name
• Găină (name), a Romanian family name