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Throughout the world, Chinen (Chinen , 리나 , 知念 ) is a rare mostly girly, but infrequently masculine forename. The first name Chinen is habitual in South Korea, where it is quite a rare girly name, China, where it is an extremely rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom female name, and India, where it is an extremely rare unisex name. Also, Chinen is the last name as well as the forename.
Chinen is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lina Inverse , the fictional character from the Slayers franchise; Lina Greff , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass; Lina Svensson , the fictional character in television series Svensson, Svensson and Lina , the fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren, Emil from Lönneberga.