Nina (name)

Nina, Nína and Niná are feminine given names with various origins. Nina is a Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Faroese, Finnish, French, German, Greenlandic, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, and Swedish name used in Mexico, Canada, United States, Guyana, French Guiana, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Israel, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Greenland, Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Croatia, Serbia, and North Macedonia, while Nína is an Icelandic name used in Iceland,[1] and Niná is a Sami name used in Northern Norway, northern Sweden, northern Finland and the Murmansk Oblast.[2] These names serve as a short form of names ending in “-nina / -nine”, including Marina, Katharina, Antonina, Giannina, and Constantina. Nina its international variants also serve as a short form of Anna. Nina also has a relation to the Spanish word “Niña”, which translates as "little girl or great-granddaughter". Nina has meaning in several other languages: (Hebrew: God was gracious, God has shown favor); (Persian: nice); (Hindi: beautiful); (Swahili: mother); (Native American: strong or mighty); (Arabic: friend); (Greek: flower).[3][1][2]

Not to be confused with Nena (given name), Niña (name), or Neena.
Nina
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/namevarious
Other names
Related namesNena, Nino
Anthony
Variations of the given name
Blended variations of the given name
Variations of the surname
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Given name

Nickname
  • Mizz Nina, professional name of Shazrina binti Azman (born 1980), Malaysian fashion designer
  • Nina (Spanish singer) (born 1932), professional name of Anna Maria Agustí Flores (born 1966),Spanish actress and singer
  • Nina, former ring name of Lisa Mary Moretti, who has also been known as Ivory (wrestler), Tina Ferrari and Tina Moretti (born 1961), American professional wrestler
  • Nina Barka (born Marie Smirsky, 1908–1986), French-Ukrainian artist
  • Nina Bo'nina Brown, stage name of Pierre Leverne Dease (born 1982), American drag performer
  • Nina Bonaparte, pen name of Éléonore-Justine Ruflin (1832–1905), French writer and wife of Prince Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte
  • Nina Bouraoui, nickname of Yasmina Bouraoui (born 1967), French author
  • Nina Boyle, nickname of Constance Antonina Boyle (1865–1943), British journalist
  • Nina Campbell, nickname of Henrietta Sylvia Campbell (born 1945), English interior designer
  • Nina Carter, (born Penelope Jane Mallett, 1952), English model and singer
  • Nina Cassian, pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru (1924–2014), Romanian poet, translator, journalist and composer
  • Nina M. Davies, published under the co-pen name N. de Garis Davies (1881–1965), Scottish egyptologist
  • Nina Dobrev, professional name of Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva (born 1989[3]), Bulgarian actress raised in Canada
  • Nina Fedorova, pen name of Antonina Riasanovsky, (1895–1985), Russian author
  • Nina Flowers, stage name of Jorge Luis Flores Sanchez (born 1974), Puerto Rican drag queen and celebrity
  • Nina García, nickname of Ninotchka García (born 1965), Colombian fashion journalist and critic
  • Nina Hagen, nickname of Catharina Hagen (born 1955), German singer
  • Nina Hartley, stage name of Marie Louise Hartman (born 1959), American pornographic actress
  • Nina Las Vegas, stage name of Nina Elizabeth Agzarian (born 1984), Australian radio host, DJ and music producer
  • Nina Liedtke, nickname of Antonina Liedtke, Polish writer and editor
  • Nina Morato (born Stéphanie Morato 1966), French singer-songwriter
  • Nina Radojičić, nickname of Danica Prodanović (born 1989), Serbian singer
  • Nina Pacari (born María Estela Vega Conejo, 1961), Kichwa/Ecuadorian indigenous leader
  • Nina Pillard, nickname of Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard (born 1961), American Judge
  • Nina Ramirez, nickname of Janina Sara Maria Ramirez (born 1980), British historian and TV presenter
  • Nina Rasul , nickname of Santanina Tillah Rasul (born Santanina Centi Tillah, 1930), Filipina politician
  • Nina Ricci (designer) (born Maria Nielli; 1883–1970), Italian fashion designer
  • Nina Salaman, nickname of Paulina Ruth Salaman (1877–1925), British poet and translator
  • Nina Sicilia, nickname of Alejandrina Sicilia Hernández (born 1962), Venezuelan model and Miss International 1985
  • Nina Siemaszko, nickname of Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko (born 1970), American actress
  • Nina Simone, professional name of Eunice Kathleen Waymon (1933–2003), American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist
  • Nina Sublatti (born Nina Sulaberidze, 1995), Georgian singer, songwriter, calligrapher and model
  • Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913–2006), nickname of Elisabeth Magdalena Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, wife of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler
  • Nína Tryggvadóttir, nickname of Jónína Tryggvadóttir (1913–1968), Icelandic artist
  • Nina Tayeb, nickname of Ninet Tayeb (born 1983), Israeli entertainer
  • Nina West, stage name of Andrew Levitt (born 1977), American drag queen, actor and singer
  • Nina Zilli, stage name of Maria Chiara Fraschetta (born 1980), Italian singer-songwriter.

Fictional characters
  • Nina, from Nina Needs to Go!
  • Nina, the title character of Nina's World
  • Nina, a character in the Disney Junior television series Imagination Movers
  • Nina, a character from the book Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad
  • Nina Ash, from the American television series Angel
  • Nina Azarova, from the American webseries, ‘’The OA’’
  • Nina Bailey, from Home and Away
  • Nina Brown, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Nina Caliente, from the life simulation video games The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4.
  • Nina Callas, from The Clique series of books
  • Nina Campbell, from the American sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun
  • Nina Cassady, from the American drama Law & Order
  • Nina Cortex, from the Crash Bandicoot series of games
  • Nina Cortlandt, from the soap opera All My Children
  • Nina Einstein, from the anime Code Geass
  • Nina Flores, from Clifford's Puppy Days
  • Nina Fortner, from Naoki Urasawa's anime Monster
  • Nina Frost, from the book Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
  • Nina Gilbert, from Home and Away
  • Nina Harper, from the animated series Braceface
  • Nina Harris, from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Nina Jarvis, from the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400
  • Nina Lucas, from Coronation Street
  • Nina Mandal, from Coronation Street
  • Nina Martin, a character from House of Anubis
  • Nina Mauricius–Sanders, a character from Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
  • Nina Myers, a terrorism analyst in the TV series 24
  • Nina Natsume, from the Urara Meirocho
  • Nina Neckerly, a giraffe from Camp Lazlo
  • Nina Olivera, from Home and Away
  • Nina Pickering, werewolf from the TV series Being Human
  • Nina Price, also known as Vampire by Night, a Marvel Comics character
  • Nina Purpleton, female lead character in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
  • Nina Reeves, from General Hospital
  • Nina Rosario, A resident in the Barrio from Broadway Play In The Heights, created in 2008 by writer Lin Manuel Miranda.
  • Nina Sakura, from Ultra Maniac
  • Nina Sayers, from the 2010 film Black Swan
  • Nina Mikaelovna Schareshnaia from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
  • Nina Sharp, from Fringe
  • Nina Thumbell, the daughter of Thumbelina from the Mattel franchise Ever After High
  • Nina Tucker, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Nina Tucker, from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Nina Van Horn, from American TV show, Just Shoot Me!
  • Nina van Rooyen, from the book Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee
  • Nina Vorhees, nickname of Nitia Vorhees, from The Passage
  • Nina Walsh, from Smart_Guy
  • Nina Wáng, from the anime Mai Otome
  • Nina Webster, from the soap opera The Young and the Restless
  • Nina Williams, a fictional assassin from the Tekken series of games
  • Nina Williams, alternate name of Nene Williams, from Neighbours
  • Nina Windia, from the Breath of Fire series of games
  • Nina Yamada, from Mamotte! Lollipop
  • Nina Sergeevna Krilova, former KGB officer in The Americans
  • Nina Zenik, a character in the six of crows duology
  • Nina Salazar-Roberts, a main character in the Disney+ TV series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
  • Nina from You Were Never Really Here, film by Lynne Ramsay

Surname
  • Joe Nina, stage name of Makhosini Henry Xaba, (born 1974), South African singer
  • Julián Apasa Nina, birthname of Túpac Katari (c. 1750–1781), Bolivian rebel
  • Li Nina (born 1983), Chinese aerial skier
  • Lorenzo Nina (1812 – 1885), Italian prelate
  • Song Nina (born 1980), Chinese volleyball player
  • Ur-Nina (fl. c. 2550 BC – 2500 BC), Iraqi king
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See also

References
  1. "Nína". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  2. "Niná". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  3. "Nina". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
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