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Meaning

The name Nina has the following meaning:

"Little girl child" in Spanish. Also a form of Ann, meaning "grace".
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Nina is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 250 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Nina fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 11 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 290 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Nina in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Nina is pronounced as nee-nuh

Origins

Nina originates from the Spanish language.
See other suggested Spanish girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Nina and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Nina: Boys - Cordero, Damarion, Girls - Alvira, Isabel, Karyme, Rosalind, Roselyn, Rosita, Both genders - Cielo, Dolores, Guadalupe, Jade, Linda, Lynn

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Nina: Neena, Neenah (Spanish), Nena, Nenah (Spanish), Neneh (Spanish), Niina (Finnish), Ninacska (Hungarian), Ninah (Spanish), Ninetta, Ninette, Ninita (Spanish), Ninna, Ninon (French), Ninotchka (Eastern European), Nyna

Style

We think the name Nina should fall under the following style category: Cute Names.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Nina to be: Elegant, exotic and independent woman

In one word, you might describe Nina as a(n) "independent" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Nina (or its variants) are:

Nina Hagen , born on 11 March, a famous singer. Nina Hagen 's background: A singer from Berlin, Germany.

Nina Vasilyevna Gavrilyuk , born on 13 April, a famous athlete. Nina Vasilyevna Gavrilyuk 's background: A former Soviet (until 1991) and Russian cross country skier who competed from 1987 to 2003. She won four medals at the Winter Olympics with three golds (4x5 km: 1988, 1994, 1998) and one bronze (15 km: 1994).

Nina Simone, born on 21 February, a famous actress. Nina Simone's background: A fifteen-time Grammy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist.
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