Nina

Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, apparently from several sources. Many borrowings are of Russian Ни́на (Nína), the name of a Georgian saint in the fourth century, also known as Nino, of obscure origin and meaning, possibly connected with the Assyrian king Ninus. Others are of an Italian short form of diminutives like Annina from Anna and Giovannina from Giovanna.

Phonologically or orthographically similar names are present in several languages, including Afrikaans, Hindi, Italian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and some Native American languages. In many of those, it is a nickname for names ending in -ina or -nina.

(hidden message in crossword): After Nina Hirschfeld, the daughter of the American caricaturist Al Hirschfeld; her name was often concealed in his drawings.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːnə/

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• Rhymes: -iːnə

Nina

1. A female given name in continuous use since the 19th century.
   • 1990, Sue Miller, Family Pictures, Harper & Row, →ISBN, pages 5, 25:

     The first three, Macklin, Lydia, and Randall, were the special ones. Even those names, we thought, showed greater imagination, greater involvement on our parents' part, than ours did: Nina, Mary, Sarah. Clearly by that time they had run out of gas.
     "Nina. Such a pretty, old-fashioned name. I hope you don't mind my saying that." "No; I'm glad you think so."

2. The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep, daughter of Ea.
3. (gambling, dice games) Ellipsis of Nina from Pasadena.

Nina (plural Ninas)

1. (crosswording) Alternative letter-case form of nina (“a hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword”).
   • 2013, Alan Connor, Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword:

     Ninas are also a way for setters to flex their muscles.

• Inna, inna, Nain, nain, nani, Nian

• IPA^(key): [ˈɲɪna]

Nina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Nina

Nina c

1. a female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s

Nina f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Nina: Ninuson
• daughter of Nina: Ninudóttir

• Niina

From Russian Ни́на (Nína).

• IPA^(key): /ˈni(ː)nɑ/, [ˈni(ː)nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -inɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ni‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Ni‧na

Nina

1. a female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s

• Nina is the 43^rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 14,897 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,048 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Anni, nain

Associated with Ninette and Ninon, French pet forms of Jeannine, Jeanne.

• IPA^(key): /ni.na/

Nina f

1. a female given name

• nain

• IPA^(key): [ˈniːna]

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• Hyphenation: Ni‧na

Nina

1. a female given name, popular since the 1980s

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Ни́на (Nína).

Nina f

1. a female given name
2. a transliteration of the Russian female given name Ни́на (Nína)

• Ņina

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Nina was the only given name of 969 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

From Russian Ни́на (Nína), and from given names ending in -nina/-nine.

Nina

1. a female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 778 females with the given name Nina living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲi.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Ni‧na

Nina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Nina

• Nina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Russian Ни́на (Nína), from Georgian ნინო (nino).

Nina f

1. a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Nina

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲina/

Nina f (genitive singular Niny, nominative plural Niny, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name

• “Nina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

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Nina c (genitive Ninas)

1. a female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s

• -inna, nian