Nina
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed into English in the nineteenth century, apparently from several sources. Many borrowings are of Russian Ни́на (Nína), the name of a Georgian fourth-century saint, 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, daughter of American caricaturist Al Hirschfeld; her name was often concealed in his drawings.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈniːnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːnə
Proper noun
[edit]Nina
- 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."
- The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep, daughter of Ea.
Derived terms
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Noun
[edit]Nina (plural Ninas)
- A hidden message in a cryptic crossword, revealed when the solution has been filled in.
- 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.
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nina f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Nina
Declension
[edit]Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nina c
- a female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nina f
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Nina: Ninuson
- daughter of Nina: Ninudóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Nina |
Accusative | Ninu |
Dative | Ninu |
Genitive | Ninu |
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nina
- a female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Nina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Nina | Ninat | |
genitive | Ninan | Ninojen | |
partitive | Ninaa | Ninoja | |
illative | Ninaan | Ninoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Nina | Ninat | |
accusative | nom. | Nina | Ninat |
gen. | Ninan | ||
genitive | Ninan | Ninojen Ninain rare | |
partitive | Ninaa | Ninoja | |
inessive | Ninassa | Ninoissa | |
elative | Ninasta | Ninoista | |
illative | Ninaan | Ninoihin | |
adessive | Ninalla | Ninoilla | |
ablative | Ninalta | Ninoilta | |
allative | Ninalle | Ninoille | |
essive | Ninana | Ninoina | |
translative | Ninaksi | Ninoiksi | |
abessive | Ninatta | Ninoitta | |
instructive | — | Ninoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Nina is the 43rd 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.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Associated with Ninette and Ninon, French pet forms of Jeannine, Jeanne.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nina f
- a female given name
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nina
- a female given name, popular since the 1980s
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Ни́на (Nína).
Proper noun
[edit]Nina f
- a female given name
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Ни́на (Nína).
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Russian Ни́на (Nína), and from given names ending in -nina/-nine.
Proper noun
[edit]Nina
- a female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s
References
[edit]- 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.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nina f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Nina
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Nina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian Ни́на (Nína), from Georgian ნინო (nino).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Nina f
- a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Nina
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nina f (genitive singular Niny, nominative plural Niny, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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, 2003–2024
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Nina c (genitive Ninas)
- a female given name popular in the 1970s and the 1980s
Anagrams
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Russian
- English terms derived from Russian
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːnə
- Rhymes:English/iːnə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English terms with quotations
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English eponyms
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- Czech given names
- Czech female given names
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms borrowed from Russian
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/inɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/inɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French given names
- French female given names
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- Latvian terms borrowed from Russian
- Latvian terms derived from Russian
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Latvian renderings of Russian female given names
- Norwegian terms borrowed from Russian
- Norwegian terms derived from Russian
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Polish terms with unknown etymologies
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ina
- Rhymes:Polish/ina/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish given names
- Polish female given names
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Russian
- Portuguese terms derived from Russian
- Portuguese terms derived from Georgian
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- Portuguese female given names from Russian
- Slovak 2-syllable words
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak feminine nouns
- Slovak given names
- Slovak female given names
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names