Globally, Macina (Macina 
, Мацина 
) is a rare largely female, but infrequently male first name. The given name Macina is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare girly name, Czechia, and South Africa, where it is a very rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, and Brazil. More prevalently, Macina is the last name as well as the forename.