A good question that produces a number of different answers on Google. Take your pick from e-yee-nah, iy-he-naa, e-ji-nah and egg-ee-nah! It’s sometimes spelt as Egina so that may be the best way to say it. The name comes from the long-lost time of myths when Aegina was the beautiful daughter of a river god and water nymph.  Zeus, king of the gods, fell in love with her and took her to an uninhabited island. She had his son who became the first king of the island that was given his mother’s name.