country or region name used as a personal name
Historical term from the Heian period. Refers to a name derived from a country or region, used for people in the imperial court. Not used in modern Japanese.
In the Heian-period court, country or region names were sometimes used as personal names.
Compound of 国 (くに, 'country, province') and 名 (な, 'name'). The reading くにな is a straightforward combination of the two elements.